Bader v. Cerri

How courts have described this case

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

• public policy behind punitive damages is to punish the wrongdoer for his act and to deter others from acting in a similar fashion
• “The term malice as used in the statute means malice in fact and denotes ill will, or a desire to do harm -for the mere satisfaction of doing it.”
• where “a reasonable method for ascertaining the extent of damage is offered through testimony, the fact that some uncertainty exists as to the actual amount of damage sustained, does not preclude recovery”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).