Petroleum Conversion Corp. v. Vaughan

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the Cuban Air Force was an agent because it “act[ed] on Cuba’s behalf and [was] subject to Cuba’s control” and therefore liable for punitive damages
• noting that Cuba was designated as a state sponsor of terrorism
• small child of humanitarian worker whose plane was shot down by Cuban Air Force awarded $8 million
• $45.9 million for each death arising from shooting of civilian airplanes
• awarding victim’s daughter $8 million

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).