Feld v. Merriam

How courts have described this case

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

• purpose of punitive damages is to punish wrongdoer and to deter similar conduct in the future
• punitive damages of $1.5 million and $.75 million awarded, as opposed to compensatory damages of $2 million and $1 million, to respective plaintiffs
• punitive award of $1.5 million excessive in trespass action against landlord for injuries sustained in criminal attack by third parties, where compensatory award was $1 million, but punitive award of $750,000 was acceptable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

37 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Feld v. Merriam
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-18· cited 477×
• Dambacher by Dambacher v. Mallis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-07-16· cited 190×
• Lewis v. Pruitt
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-04· cited 48×
• Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-30· cited 47×
• DiSalle v. P.G. Publishing Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-06-15· cited 44×
• Elder v. Orluck
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-10· cited 36×
• Pierce v. Penman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-29· cited 35×
• Gallegor by Gallegor v. Felder
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-15· cited 33×
• Palermo v. Nails
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-10-26· cited 31×
• Jennings v. Boeing Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1987-05-18· cited 28×
• Walder v. Lobel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-15· cited 21×
• Sulecki v. Southeast National Bank
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-28· cited 20×
• Tigue v. Steger (In Re Tigue)
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1988-02-16· cited 15×
• Kirkbride v. Lisbon Contractors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-08-12· cited 15×
• Pencil v. Buchart
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-12-07· cited 14×
• Juniata Foods, Inc. v. Mifflin County Development Authority
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-21· cited 14×
• McCrery v. Scioli
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-12· cited 13×
• Marcone v. Penthouse Internatinal, Ltd.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1983-12-14· cited 13×
• Ammon v. Arnold Pontiac-GMC, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-03-13· cited 12×
• World of Tires, Inc. v. American Insurance
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-02-09· cited 10×

Cites

54 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Smith v. Bell Telephone Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-07-02· cited 362×
• Incollingo v. Ewing
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-10-12· cited 339×
• Commonwealth v. Monumental Properties, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-12-05· cited 323×
• Incollingo v. EWING
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-01-25· cited 315×
• Chambers v. Montgomery
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-06-04· cited 229×
• Sarah B. Kline v. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue Apartment Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1970-09-08· cited 201×
• Pugh v. Holmes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-06· cited 201×
• Ford v. Jeffries
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-28· cited 174×
• Javins v. First National Realty Corp.
  D.C. Circuit· 1970-05-07· cited 154×
• Robert F. Felte, Inc. v. White
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 148×
• Trentacost v. Brussel
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-03-12· cited 145×
• Focht v. Rabada
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-06-12· cited 121×
• Esmond v. LISCIO
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-12-16· cited 97×
• O'HARA v. Western Seven Trees Corp.
  California Court of Appeal· 1977-12-13· cited 77×
• Eldridge v. Melcher
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-12-11· cited 74×
• Holley v. Mt. Zion Terrace Apartments, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-03-25· cited 70×
• James v. Ferguson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-06-29· cited 69×
• International Electronics Co. v. N. S. T. Metal Products Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-03-24· cited 66×
• Frankel v. Heym
  Third Circuit· 1972-07-18· cited 66×
• Tonik v. Apex Garages, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-25· cited 65×