Jordan v. Sauve

How courts have described this case

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• requiring “actual malice” defined as “ill will, malevolence, grudge, spite, wicked intention, or a conscious disregard of the rights of another.”
• considering the level of proof necessary to support punitive damages in a fraud case
• punitive damage instruction warranted on basis of evidence, though not automatically compelled by nature of claim
• punitive damages for an action in fraud may be recovered only if there is a direct or circumstantial showing of actual malice
• car dealership knew of fraud of salesman so punitive damages were potentially recoverable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).