Century Indemnity Co. v. Burt

How courts have described this case

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• discussing substantive standard for punitive damages in product liability ease, but not providing burden of proof required for punitive damages
• public policy against insurability of punitive damages for gross negligence or conscious disregard of rights of others
• public policy against insurability of punitive damages for gross negligence or conscious disregard of rights of others
• \There is no question that the general rule...is that New York public policy precludes insurance indemnification for punitive damage awards.\
• punitive • damages “are intended as punishment for gross misbehavior for the good of the public____[they are not award- ed] because the plaintiff has suffered any monetary damage for which he is entitled to reimbursement”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).