J. Kinson Cook of Georgia, Inc. v. Heery/Mitchell

How courts have described this case

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• \An inference cannot be based upon evidence which is too uncertain or speculative or which raises merely a conjecture or possibility.\
• “[a]n inference cannot be based upon evidence which is too uncertain or speculative or which raises merely a conjecture or possibility.”
• “Absent the underlying tort, there can be no liability for civil conspiracy.” (citation and punctuation omitted)
• where claimant cannot establish tort claims upon which a RICO allegation is based, the RICO claim fails as a matter of law
• “Where privity of contract between the parties does not exist, to constitute a tort the duty must arise independent of the contract.” (punctuation omitted) (emphasis supplied)
• punitive damages may not be recovered where there is no entitlement to compensatory damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).