Doctoroff v. Perez

How courts have described this case

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• defendant’s action of driving without a valid license was not proximate cause of accident and therefore did not support punitive damages claim
• “Punitive damages may be awarded only in such tort actions in which it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant’s actions showed willful misconduct, malice, fraud, wantonness, oppression, or [an] entire want of care[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Western Industries, Inc. v. Poole
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-07-10· cited 24×
• Wardlaw v. Ivey
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2009-03-31· cited 8×
• Katherine Glynn Head v. Jadilson Silva De Souse
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-12-04
• Danielle D. Rollins v. Alvah O. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-10-30
• John McKnight v. Anthony Love
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-10-19

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Taylor v. Powertel, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-07-02· cited 64×
• Artzner v. a & a EXTERMINATORS, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-14· cited 23×
• Brooks v. Gray
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-09· cited 21×
• Miller v. Crumbley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-04-27· cited 20×
• Xpress Cargo Systems, Inc. v. McMath
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-02-20· cited 3×