Yes under limited circumstances punitive damages are available in the 30 years of practice I’ve only asked for punitive damages a handful of times because courts are loath to allow punitive damages as part of the recovery however in certain circumstances such as with a drunk driver or if a truck driver is driving over the number of hours he’s allotted under federal law and other dangerous willful and wanton reckless
conduct will be subject to punitive damages.
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