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· 10/22/1982

Rhoads v. Heberling

Citations

  • 451 A.2d 1378
  • 306 Pa. Super. 35
  • 1982 Pa. Super. LEXIS 5477

How courts have described this case

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

  • “... the jury ... could award punitive damages to the plaintiff[ ] ... even if no compensatory damages were awarded[.]”
  • punitive damages ranging from $600.00 to $750.00 awarded, although compensatory damages ranged from nothing to $446.47
  • trial court did not err when it instructed jury that amount of punitive damages awarded need not bear any relationship to the actual damages awarded

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Judges: Brosky, Popovich, Montgomery

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