Appropriate Technology Corp. v. Palma

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding that record supported award of punitive damages where employer knowingly misrepresented its finances to induce employee to leave his job
• holding that “[p]unitive damages need not bear any relationship to the underlying compensatory damage award” but the ratio of compensatory damages to punitive damages is “[n]evertheless” relevant in determining whether punitive damages award should be vacated on appeal
• breaching party’s conduct “takes on the character of a willful or fraudulent tort rendering the corporation liable for punitive damages”
• discussing a breach which took “on the character of a willful or fraudulent tort rendering the corporation liable for punitive damages”
• contract for lump sum payment of stock, lacking date of payment, was breached after plaintiff-employee left employ, not immediately upon formation of contract
• contract had open term as it did not include a date of payment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).