S. J. Amoroso Construction Co. v. Lazovich & Lazovich

How courts have described this case

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• holding that punitive damages “are precluded in the absence of compensatory damages for the claim 23 sustaining the punitive award”
• explaining that punitive damages are not permissible for breach of contract claims (citing Sprouse v. Wentz, 105 Nev. 597, 781 P.2d 1136 (1989))
• explaining that no \qualifying adjective like \aggravator is necessary to support punitive damages for fraud
• “Punitive damages . . . are precluded in the absence of compensatory damages for the claim sustaining the punitive award.”
• punitive- damages are not available for breach of contract claims

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).