Harris v. Atlantic Richfield Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that punitive damages are normally not available for breach of contract unless the 26 breach is also tortious
• stating that “punitive damages are never 17 recoverable for breach of contract, no matter how wilful or malicious, except where the wrongful 18 act is also a tort”
• restrictions on contract remedies \promote contract formation by limiting liability to the value of the promise\
• restrictions on contract remedies “promote contract formation by limiting liability to the value of the promise”
• “[W]hen one party commits a fraud during the contract 20 formation or performance, the injured party may recover in contract and tort.”
• “[W]hen 22 one party commits a fraud during the contract formation or performance, the injured party 23 may recover in contract and tort.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).