Howard v. Zack Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding punitive damage award of 5% of defendant's net worth in retaliatory discharge action
• upholding punitive damage award of 5% of defendant’s net worth in retaliatory discharge action
• factual determinations will not be overturned unless they are against the manifest weight of the evidence
• plaintiff who alleged employer discharged him for reporting violations of record keeping requirements of federal regulations stated cause of action
• factual determinations will not be overturned unless they are against the manifest weight of the evidence
• employee was fired for reporting violation of federal record keeping regulations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Faulkner v. United Technologies Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-04-22· cited 812×
• Dowd and Dowd, Ltd. v. Gleason
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-09-13· cited 588×
• Michael Brandon, M.D. v. Anesthesia & Pain Management Associates, Ltd., Kumar S. Ravi, M.D., James R. Boivin, M.D., and Kathleen H. Slocum, M.D.
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-01-18· cited 79×
• Holland v. Schwan's Home Service, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2013-05-30· cited 66×
• Stebbings v. University of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2000-03-14· cited 48×
• Fiumetto v. Garrett Enterprises, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-04-25· cited 45×
• Blount v. Stroud
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-06-24· cited 37×
• Gomez v. the Finishing Co., Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-12-18· cited 32×
• Buckner v. O'BRIEN
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-03-14· cited 25×
• Blount v. Stroud
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2009-10-06· cited 25×
• Heldenbrand v. Roadmaster Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-02-01· cited 20×
• Leweling v. Schnadig Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1995-11-09· cited 20×
• Vorpagel v. Maxell Corp. of America
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2002-08-21· cited 13×
• Chandler v. Maxwell Manor Nursing Home, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-05-17· cited 12×
• Coffey v. DSW Shoe Warehouse, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2015-10-29· cited 11×
• Prince v. Rosewell
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-03-16· cited 7×
• Howard Ex Rel. Bailey v. Bailey
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2003-11-05· cited 5×
• Pivot Point International, Inc. v. Charlene Products, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2001-10-02· cited 2×
• Vance v. Dispatch Management Service
  N.D. Illinois· 2000-02-03· cited 1×
• Brandon, Michael v. Anesthesia & Pain
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-01-18

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kelsay v. Motorola, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-12-04· cited 966×
• Palmateer v. International Harvester Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1981-06-08· cited 657×
• Fellhauer v. City of Geneva
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-02-22· cited 312×
• Hartlein v. Illinois Power Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-10-01· cited 273×
• Kalata v. Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-10-17· cited 191×
• Wheeler v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1985-10-18· cited 167×
• Hazelwood v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-05-04· cited 107×
• Sexton v. Smith
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1986-04-04· cited 76×
• Layne v. Builders Plumbing Supply Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-03-27· cited 73×
• In Re Application of County Treasurer
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1989-09-27· cited 73×
• Johnson v. World Color Press, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-09-16· cited 68×
• Lynch v. Precision MacHine Shop, Ltd.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1982-12-17· cited 65×
• Petrik v. Monarch Printing Corp.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-12-21· cited 50×
• Motsch v. Pine Roofing Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1989-02-06· cited 50×
• McMahon v. Richard Gorazd, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1985-06-27· cited 38×
• Moniuszko v. Moniuszko
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1992-11-16· cited 27×
• Witt v. Forest Hospital, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-05-25· cited 15×
• Paskarnis v. Darien-Woodridge Fire Protection District
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1993-11-05· cited 14×
• Evans v. Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-03-27· cited 8×