Tag Archive: punitive damages

Yes, They Have Insurance!!!!!!

Image via Wikipedia I’ve written about  this before, if there is an injury case that is going to trial, there is insurance!!!   I read about a $3.5 Million verdict in Clanton in a wrongful death case involving a logging truck that did not stop in time.  The deceased driver was stopped waiting to make…

Fast Driving and Drinking are Dangerous – Serious Injuries – Not a Sport on the Highway (Part 3)

When you listen to this below and hear Nick and Hulk Hogan talking on the phone while Nick is in jail, do you think Nick’s driving was wanton and reckless? The Alabama jury instructions state in part: The purpose of awarding punitive or exemplary damages is to allow money recovery to the plaintiff by way…

Fast Driving and Drinking are Dangerous – Serious Injuries – Not a Sport on the Highway Part 2

Nick “Hogan” Bollea, Hulk Hogan’s son, a juvenile is serving an eight month sentence for felony reckless driving. Bollea pled no contest in May to a charge of reckless driving involving serious injury and was sentenced to eight months in jail. Nick’s passenger, who was not wearing his seatbelt, was left paralyzed due to the…