Day on Torts
The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled that a jury may consider a defendant’s three convictions for drunk driving in deciding the punitive damages issue in a personal injury case arising out of yet another drunk driving episode.
The opinion has great language about why the evidence of the prior convictions is probative.
The opinion is Yeakley v. Doss, 06-851 (Ark. S.C. May 31, 2007). Read the opinion here.