When tort defendants die, should any punitive damages claim die with them?

In last week’s Whetstone v. Binner, Roxanne McClellan had tried to smother her 5-year-old great-niece, whom she was babysitting. Christine Whetstone, the great-niece’s mother, managed to arrive just in time to save her daughter. She later sued McClellan for (among other things) assault, on her daughters’ and her own behalf; she argued that they all […]