Bowyer v. Hi-Lad, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[i]f a jury awards punitive damages to a litigant, a circuit court must carefully review the jury’s verdict”
• [T]here is nothing to indicate that the [insured’s] actions were intended to cause humiliation.”
• “Finally, the appellant has not been exposed to punitive damages, criminal sanctions, or excessive litigation expenses as a result of its misconduct, all factors which might merit a reduction by the circuit court of a punitive damage award as specified in Syllabus Point 4 of Games.”
• \The financial position of the defendant is relevant.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Perrine v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-03-26· cited 72×
• Fredeking v. Tyler
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2009-02-26· cited 63×
• Knight v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharm., Inc.
  U.S. District Court· 2018-06-19· cited 25×
• Perrine v. EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-06-02· cited 17×
• Larry D. Jr. and Pamela Pyles v. Mason Co. Fair, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2017-11-01· cited 16×
• ERIE INS. PROPERTY & CAS. CO., INC. v. Edmond
  N.D. West Virginia· 2011-03-25· cited 10×
• Safeway, Inc. v. Rooter 2000 Plumbing & Drain SSS
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2016-02-18· cited 9×
• In Re Tobacco Litigation
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2005-12-02· cited 8×
• Allen v. and Arlene S. McInarnay v. Peggy T. and Frank Hall
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2018-06-12· cited 8×
• Kelvin Manbodh Asbestos Litigation Series v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2006-03-03· cited 7×
• Westfield Insurance v. Pinnacle Group, LLC
  W.D. Virginia· 2015-10-07· cited 6×
• Grand China Buffett & Grill, Inc. v. State Auto Property & Casualty Co.
  N.D. West Virginia· 2017-05-16· cited 4×
• Nationwide Property & Casualty v. Comer
  S.D. West Virginia· 2008-03-27· cited 3×
• National Fire Ins. Co. of Hartford v. NWM-OKLAHOMA
  W.D. Oklahoma· 2008-03-12· cited 3×
• Safeway, Inc. v. Rooter 2000 Plumbing and Drain SSS
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 2016-02-18· cited 3×
• State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance v. Wohlfeil
  N.D. West Virginia· 2012-08-27· cited 1×
• WW Consultants, Inc. v. Pocahontas County Public Service District, and A-3 USA, Inc., Orders Construction Company, Inc., and Pipe Plus, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2023-06-12
• West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company v. Steven R. Matulis, M.D.
  Int. Ct. of App. of W.Va.· 2024-12-12

Cites

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

• Warth v. Seldin
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-25· cited 10,875×
• Powers v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-01· cited 2,917×
• Painter v. Peavy
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-11-18· cited 1,341×
• State v. Guthrie
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-07-21· cited 1,064×
• Chrystal R.M. v. Charlie A.L.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-06-21· cited 871×
• State v. General Daniel Morgan Post No. 548
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1959-03-03· cited 369×
• Tennant v. Marion Health Care Foundation, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-06-15· cited 308×
• National Mutual Insurance v. McMahon & Sons, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-04-15· cited 242×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Pitrolo
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-03-13· cited 214×
• Orr v. Crowder
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-01-25· cited 177×
• Pennsylvania Psychiatric Society v. Green Spring Health Services
  Third Circuit· 2002-02-06· cited 151×
• Garnes v. Fleming Landfill, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-12-05· cited 145×
• Findley v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-01-06· cited 140×
• Horace Mann Insurance v. Leeber
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-12-20· cited 131×
• Walker v. Monongahela Power Company
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1963-07-09· cited 127×
• Mayer v. Frobe
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1895-03-27· cited 108×
• Riffe v. Home Finders Associates, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1999-06-25· cited 100×
• Summers v. Fort Crockett Hotel, Ltd.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1995-07-13· cited 99×
• Alkire v. First National Bank of Parsons
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-07-15· cited 95×
• Tennant v. Smallwood
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-08-02· cited 79×