Hensley v. Erie Insurance Co.

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that “[w]e have followed the traditional rule that punitive damages are awarded to punish the defendant,” and further observing that “punitive damages are also awarded ‘to deter others from pursuing a like course of conduct.’” (citations omitted)
• “The public policy of this State does not preclude insurance coverage for punitive damages arising from gross, reckless or wanton negligence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).