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VILLELLA v. WAIKEM MOTORS, INC.

No. 88-64.

45 Ohio St. 3d 36 (1989)

VILLELLA, APPELLEE, v. WAIKEM MOTORS, INC., APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided August 16, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald C. Steiner, for appellee.

Messerman & Messerman Co., L.P.A., and Gerald A. Messerman, for appellant.

ALICE ROBIE RESNICK, J.

I

In its first proposition of law, the appellant asserts that punitive damages should not have been awarded to appellee, because the evidence produced at trial was insufficient to support a finding of actual malice, which is a prerequisite to punitive damages recovery.

Historically, punitive damages in Ohio have been allowed in civil tort actions which involve ingredients of fraud, malice, or insult. Roberts v. Mason...

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