Michigan Supreme Court August 24, 1981, 63604, (Calendar No. 1) (Bailey v. Graves)

Williams, J.

The question presented in this civil action for assault and battery is whether the trial court erred in its instruction to the jury on exemplary damages, which failed to explain plaintiff’s burden of proof and the standard of misconduct requisite for recovery of such damages.

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We hold that the instruction given was deficient in those

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particulars.