Lord v. Whelan & Curry Constr. Servs., Inc.

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• holding that precedent should be followed where legislature reenacted statute “without attempting to disturb the holding”
• noting the legislature’s repeated reenactment of a statute without disturbing the prior judicial interpretation was evidence affirming acquiescence
• noting the legislature’s repeated reenactment of a statute without disturbing the prior judicial interpretation was evidence affirming acquiescence
• as tortfeasor’s state of mind is important and he is no longer available to defend himself, punitive damages claims abate upon tortfeasor’s death
• “We have said that punitive or exemplary damages serve three purposes: (1) punishment, (2) specific deterrence, and (3) general deterrence.”
• “The rule of stare decisis ⅛ especially applicable where the construction placed on a statute by previous decisions has been long acquiesced in by the legislature (quoting Iowa Dep’t of Transp. v. Soward, 650 N.W.2d 569, 574 (Iowa 2002)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).