Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Smith

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• holding that award of funeral expenses in personal representative’s action satisfied the compensatory damage predicate for a punitive damage award on survival claim
• noting that funeral expenses could be considered \substitute damages\ for pain and suffering and medical expenses decedent would have sustained had she survived her injuries
• noting that funeral expenses could be considered “substitute damages” for pain and suffering and medical expenses decedent would have sustained had she survived her injuries
• Utility company permitted a high voltage wire to remain downed in an area frequented by children which subsequently caused the electrocution of a child.
• “To withstand intermediate scrutiny, a statutory classification must be substantially related to an important governmental objective.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).