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· 3/5/1996

Jeffrey Kemezy v. James Peters

Citations

  • 79 F.3d 33
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 3881

How courts have described this case

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

  • “The defendant should not be allowed to plead poverty if his employer or an insurance company is going to pick up the tab.”
  • “The defendant should not be allowed to plead poverty if his employer or an insurance company is going to pick up the tab.”
  • “The defendant should not be allowed to plead poverty if his employer or an insurance company is going to pick up the tab.”
  • “When the defendant is to be fully indemnified, such evidence, far from being required, is inadmissible.”
  • “The standard judicial formulation of the purpose of punitive damages is that it is to punish the defend‐ ant for reprehensible conduct and to deter [the defendant] and others from engaging in similar conduct.”
  • “The standard judicial formulation of the purpose of punitive damages is that it is to punish the defend‐ ant for reprehensible conduct and to deter [the defendant] and others from engaging in similar conduct.”

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Judges: Posner, Eschbach, Wood

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