Albuquerque Concrete Coring Co. v. Pan Am World Services, Inc.

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• holding corporation liable for act of managing agent because acts of agent are acts of corporation
• stating that principal or master is liable for punitive damages only if he has in some way authorized, participated in, or ratified wrongful conduct of agent or servant
• noting that a managerial employee is defined as one who formulates, determines, and effectuates his employer’s policies
• explaining that something more than the defendant’s “receipt of a document which supposedly represents culpable conduct must be shown to establish corporate complicity through authorization, ratification, or participation”
• refusing to recognize breach of contract and party's defense of contract claim \to the very end\ as basis for punitive damages
• refusing to recognize breach of contract and party’s defense of contract claim “to the very end” as basis for punitive damages

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