Toyota of Florence, Inc. v. Lynch

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• ruling there was no prohibition against recovery of multiple damages and punitive damages where the legislature intended both to be recoverable
• holding the vicious and inflammatory use of racial prejudice in counsel's closing argument resulted in clear prejudice such that the appellant was entitled to a new trial
• holding a new trial should be granted, despite the lack of contemporaneous objections to closing argument, where counsel used posters in closing argument that invoked racial stereotypes and were highly prejudicial
• categorizing the defendants’ conduct as constructive contempt where they created pretrial publicity a week before trial
• upholding award of double damages and punitive damages where statutorily authorized
• although not condoning the procedural default, this Court overlooked the lack of a contemporaneous objection to an outrageous, vicious and inflammatory jury argument, and reversed and remanded a jury's verdict

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