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· 6/21/2002

Baker v. National State Bank

Citations

  • 801 A.2d 1158
  • 353 N.J. Super. 145

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that post-judgment interest accrues from the date of a jury verdict and rejecting an argument that it accrues when all appeals end
  • holding a trial court may vary the post-judgment interest award \in the interests of equity\
  • awarding prejudgment interest on the compensatory or actual damages, but only awarding postjudgment interest on the punitive damages award
  • awarding prejudgment interest on the compensatory or actual damages, but only awarding postjudgment interest on the punitive damages award
  • “Punitive damages awards are exceptionally fact-specific, dependent on the conduct involved and, even more importantly, the wealth of the defendant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Judges Newman, Fall and Axelrad

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