Boyd v. Homes of Legend, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[P]unitive damages are not recoverable under Alabama law in an action for a breach of warranty.”
• where the district court lacks jurisdiction to consider an issue, we also lack jurisdiction to reach the merits of the issue on appeal
• “Whether punitive damages are recoverable presents a pure question of law; thus, we review de novo the district court’s resolution of the issue.”
• ʺ[A court] should look to state law, rather than federal law, to determine whether punitive damages are available under the Magnuson‐Moss Act. . . .ʺ
• where Alabama law precluded recovery of punitive damages, a demand for such damages could not contribute to the amount in controversy
• “the only claims … the district court could consider in determining whether the jurisdictional amount of § 2310(d)(3) had been met were the purchasers’ claims under the Magnuson-Moss Act”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).