Broward v. Chapel

How courts have described this case

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

• the arbitrator’s award of back pay against a Commonwealth agency constituted an award of punitive damages against a government agency in violation of well-established public policy
• “This Court has defined punitive damages as compensation awarded to punish a party for actions of such an outrageous nature as to demonstrate intentional, willful, wanton or reckless conduct.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “[G]overnment agencies have long been exempt from the imposition of punitive damages.”
• “[G]overnment agencies have long been exempt from the imposition of punitive damages.”
• “[G]overnment agencies have long been exempt from the imposition of punitive damages.’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).