Petioni v. Grisi

How courts have described this case

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• holding that defendant’s flight from accident scene may not be considered in support of punitive damages because while “it might be considered reprehensible, such conduct did not proximately cause any of the plaintiffs injuries”
• “Punitive damages are available ... only where the actions of the alleged tortfeasor constitute either gross recklessness or intentional, wanton, or malicious conduct ... or were activated by evil or reprehensible motives.”
• “Punitive damages are available ... only where the actions of the alleged tortfeasor constitute either gross recklessness or intentional, wanton, or malicious conduct ... or were activated by evil or reprehensible motives.”

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