Anderson v. New York & N. H. R.

How courts have described this case

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• “A possibility or even probability is not enough as that requirement would place the act in the realm of negligence”
• “A possibility or even probability will not be enough as that requirement would place the act in the realm of negligence.”
• instead of the other actual malice test for punitives involving a “state of mind under which a person's conduct is characterized by hatred, ill will or a spirit of revenge”
• “Actual malice can be placed in two general categories: first, behavior characterized by hatred, ill will, or a spirit of revenge and, second, extremely reckless behavior revealing a conscious disregard for a great and obvious harm.”
• misconduct greater than mere negligence is required for punitive damages
• gross negligence or recklessness is not enough

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).