Hamilton v. Mercantile Bank of Cedar Rapids

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “merely negligent conduct will not, without more, support an award of punitive damages”
• upholding a $750,000 punitive damage award as a “substantial ‘sting,’ ” necessary to deter a company with $48 million in assets from profiting in the future by ignoring the rights of another
• discussing award of punitive damages in context of breach of fiduciary duty claim
• “The measure of damages for such breach of trust is the difference between the value of the beneficiary’s rights to principal and income before and after the breach.”
• \A claim for waste is an action at law brought by a COURT OF APPEALS OF NEVADA 6 (I )1 lq-4711. remainderman against a tenant in lawful possession of land . .. .\
• \A claim for waste is an action at law brought by a COURT OF APPEALS OF NEVADA 6 (I )1 lq-4711. remainderman against a tenant in lawful possession of land . .. .\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).