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HOSP. AUTH., ETC. v. JONES

46956.

259 Ga. 759 (1989)

386 S.E.2d 120

HOSPITAL AUTHORITY OF GWINNETT COUNTY et al. v. JONES et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Long, Weinberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Meade Burns, M. B. Satcher III, Glenn E. Kushel, for appellants.

Butler, Wooten, Overby & Cheeley, James E. Butler, Jr., Robert D. Cheeley, Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, Michael H. Schroder, for appellees.

HUNT, Justice.

This case raises issues regarding punitive damages: whether the award is authorized under the facts of this case, whether the award is excessive, and whether punitive damages are constitutional under the excessive fines, equal protection, and due process clauses of our state and federal constitutions.1

On May 20, 1985,2 William Harold O'Kelley was severely burned over seventy percent...

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