Jury Awards Hughes $850,002 Against Former NASCAR Driver

A Davidson County, North Carolina, jury awarded Tracey Hughes $850,002 in her civil lawsuit against former NASCAR driver Jennifer Jo Cobb, finding Cobb liable for alienation of affection and criminal conversation over an alleged affair with Hughes’ husband, Clayton, a NASCAR spotter. The award includes $800,000 for criminal conversation, $50,000 for alienation of affection and $1 in punitive damages for each claim. Cobb denied the allegations and has said she will continue to contest the outcome; post-trial motions and an appeal remain possible, and the judgment has not been entered as final.