Robertsonv.Toyota Motor Corporation; Toyota Motor Corporation v. Robertson
Charles Robertson died of carbon-monoxide poisoning after his running Lexus remained in the attached garage below his apartment. His estate sued the apartment operator and Toyota, alleging negligent property management and vehicle defects, including inadequate warnings. In the consolidated appeals, the Court of Appeals affirmed summary judgment for the apartment operator and exclusion of the estate’s expert; it also upheld the denial of Toyota’s motion to exclude another expert. But Georgia wrongful-death law does not permit punitive damages on top of recovery for the full value of the decedent’s life, so the court reversed the denial of Toyota’s partial-summary-judgment motion on punitive damages.
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