Myers v. Workmen's Auto Insurance

How courts have described this case

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• noting that a jury could award damages for mental distress when the plaintiff sought to recover actual damages
• noting that a jury could award damages for mental distress when the plaintiff sought to recover actual damages
• upholding a $300,000 punitive award without discussing the size of potential civil fines but noting that “[e]ven the threat of losing licensure in the State did not have an immediate [deterrent] effect upon” the defendant
• upholding a $300,000 punitive award without discussing the size of potential civil fines but noting that \[e]ven the threat of losing licensure in the State did not have an immediate [deterrent] effect upon\ the defendant
• punitive damages of $300,000; compensatory damages of $735, for 408:1 ratio, in breach of contract case
• punitive damages of $300,000; compensatory damages of $735, for 408:1 ratio, in breach of contract case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).