Sanitary Landfill, Inc. v. Wood

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “we do not believe that the . . . award against [defendants] warrants remittitur” after “accounting for inflation”
• upholding a punitive damages award representing a 4:1 ratio to compensatory damages 66 \[g]iven the constellation of intentional misbehavior by the [defendants]\
• using the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI Inflation Calculator to assess prior damages awards accounting for inflation.
• affirming award of punitive damages against police officers in Section 1983 case
• identifying the “aggravating factors” as including “(1) whether a defendant’s conduct was marked by violence or presented a threat of violence, (2) whether a defendant’s conduct evinced trickery or deceit as opposed to mere negligence, and (3
• “Even where compensatory damages are substantial, punitive damages awards that are a multiple higher may be warranted because of the deterrent function of punitive damages.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).