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Harkom et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees, v. Ohio Power
Company, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.
[Cite as Harkom v. Ohio Power Co. (1994), Ohio St.3d .]
Torts -- Negligence -- Compensatory damages and loss of
consortium awards reinstated -- Punitive damages award vacated.
(No. 92-2479 -- Submitted January 11, 1994 -- Decided
February 16, 1994.)
Appeal and Cross-Appeal from the Court of Appeals for
Stark County, No. CA-8714.

Spangenberg, Shibley, Traci, Lancione & Liber, Ellen Simon
Sacks and James A. Marx, for appellants and cross-appellees.
Day, Ketterer, Raley, Wright & Rybolt, James R. Blake and
Merle D. Evans III, for appellee and cross-appellant.

The judgment of the court of appeals is reversed. The
awards of $500,000 for compensatory damages and $200,000 for
loss of consortium are reinstated. The award of $500,000 for
punitive damages is vacated on the authority of Preston v.
Murty (1987), 32 Ohio St.3d 334, 512 N.E.2d 1174.
Moyer, C.J., A.W. Sweeney, Douglas, Wright, Resnick, F.E.
Sweeney and Pfeifer, JJ., concur.