Berry v. Loiseau

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that court was not bound by contingency-fee agreement in calculating punitive damages under state statute
• noting that a contingency fee agreement does not limit a court’s diseretion in fashioning a punitive damages award
• holding that trial court erred in directing verdict for defendants on false imprisonment claim where evidence showed that defendants took plaintiff by arm, escorted him to defendants’ office and car, used abusive and threatening language toward plaintiff, and displayed revolver
• noting that “[l]itigation expenses may include . . . [inter alia] attorney’s fees”
• explaining that, “[i]n order to award punitive or exemplary damages, evidence must reveal a reckless indifference to the rights of others or an intentional and wanton violation of those rights”
• confirming the “well established rule” that common law punitive damages are limited to litigation costs

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

151 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Larsen Chelsey Realty Co. v. Larsen
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-04-04· cited 257×
• Santopietro v. City of New Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-08-27· cited 203×
• Gaudio v. Griffin Health Services Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-07-20· cited 186×
• Daley v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-08-03· cited 171×
• Potter v. Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-05-27· cited 126×
• Gagne v. Vaccaro
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-03-06· cited 115×
• In re Romance M.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-04-19· cited 113×
• Fleming v. Garnett
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-23· cited 109×
• Hunt v. Prior
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-03-26· cited 106×
• Rizzo Pool Co. v. Del Grosso
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-04-11· cited 95×
• Imperial Casualty & Indemnity Co. v. State
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-08-11· cited 89×
• Craig Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Viacom Outdoor, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2008-06-04· cited 88×
• State v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-07-18· cited 85×
• Girard v. Weiss
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1996-10-01· cited 80×
• Harty v. Cantor Fitzgerald and Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-08-16· cited 74×
• Knock v. Knock
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-03-02· cited 74×
• Grayson v. Wofsey, Rosen, Kweskin & Kuriansky
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-08-23· cited 73×
• Matthiessen v. Vanech
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-12-16· cited 70×
• Label Systems Corp. v. Samad Aghamohammadi
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-07-27· cited 70×
• Sharp v. Wyatt, Inc.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1993-07-06· cited 70×

Cites

50 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-04· cited 1,406×
• Browning-Ferris Industries of Vermont, Inc. v. Kelco Disposal, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 1,060×
• Petyan v. Ellis
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-06-17· cited 552×
• Batick v. Seymour
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-04-13· cited 418×
• American Universal Insurance v. DelGreco
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-09-01· cited 364×
• A-G Foods, Inc. v. Pepperidge Farm, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-08-07· cited 305×
• Champagne v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-08-08· cited 232×
• State v. Stepney
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-08-30· cited 222×
• Buckman v. People Express, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-09-01· cited 216×
• Mather v. Griffin Hospital
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-04-19· cited 206×
• Vandersluis v. Weil
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-12-19· cited 200×
• Alaimo v. Royer
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-08-10· cited 198×
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Canaan Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1987-02-03· cited 182×
• Collens v. New Canaan Water Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1967-10-25· cited 173×
• Gionfriddo v. Avis Rent A Car System, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-02-21· cited 166×
• Ford v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Connecticut, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-07-31· cited 163×
• Markey v. Santangelo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-01-22· cited 148×
• Russell v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-06-10· cited 142×
• Kaplan v. Kaplan
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-03-02· cited 139×
• Waterbury Petroleum Products, Inc. v. Canaan Oil & Fuel Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-05-22· cited 132×