Den v. Den

How courts have described this case

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

• “Punitive damages are not recoverable for breach of contract unless the conduct constituting the breach is also a tort for which punitive damages are recoverable.”
• punitive damages recoverable when the “acts of the breaching party are malicious, wanton, oppressive or with criminal indifference to civil obligations . [and] merge with and assume the character of a willful tort”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).