C & C TRUCKING CO. v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a jury may assess punitive damages to a party having no net worth
• holding a ratio between actual damages and compensatory damages is a factor to be considered
• “[S]ince 10 the question of malice is a question of fact, it is to be determined by the jury unless only one conclusion may reasonably be drawn from the evidence
• “[Sjince the question of malice is a question of fact, it is to be determined by the jury unless- only one conclusion may reasonably be drawn from the evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).