Mellen v. Lane

How courts have described this case

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

• stating in reviewing an action at law, this court \must affirm the [referee's] factual findings unless there is no evidence reasonably supporting them\
• indicating one of the \factors relevant to consideration of punitive damages\ is \the nature and extent of the harm to plaintiff which defendant caused or intended to cause\ (emphasis added)
• explaining an action in tort for damages is an action at law, and in an action at law decided by a special referee, this court will correct any error of law
• noting standard is “the highest burden of proof known to the civil law”
• stating a trial judge has \considerable discretion\ in fashioning a damages award
• Foreseeability, as a component of proximate cause, “is not determined from hindsight, but rather from the defendant’s perspective at the time of the alleged [action].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).