Pringle Tax Service, Inc. v. Knoblauch

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that punitive damages can be awarded for an intentional tort without the court awarding actual damages, but a harm must have occurred and been proven
• holding punitive damages should be reasonably proportionate to the actual damage as shown
• stating the general rule that compensatory damages must be established before punitive damages may be awarded
• stating the general rule that compensatory damages must be established before punitive damages may be awarded
• upholding award of punitive damages even though compensatory damages were not computed or awarded
• “a failure to award actual damages will not bar exemplary damages when actual damage has in fact been shown”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).