State Ex Rel. Hall v. Cook

How courts have described this case

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

• permitting the jury to assess exemplary damages against multiple tortfeasors in differing amounts according to their degree of culpability
• permitting the jury to assess exemplary damages against multiple tortfeasors in differing amounts according to their degree of culpability
• where evidence supports such a procedure, individual wealth of each defendant is admissible
• discovery allowed of income tax returns dating back to 1959 and every year thereafter
• “The rule is otherwise as to punitive damages which may be properly determined against joint tortfeasors in differing amounts, depending, among other factors, upon the degree of the culpability of each.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Whitehead & Kales Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1978-04-28· cited 170×
• Cheney v. Palos Verdes Investment Corp.
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1983-06-15· cited 162×
• Embrey v. Holly
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-03-23· cited 96×
• Tietjens v. General Motors Corporation
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1967-07-10· cited 82×
• Stafford v. Muster
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1979-06-19· cited 79×
• Mills v. Murray
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1971-10-04· cited 78×
• Cox v. Stolworthy
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1972-04-27· cited 69×
• Remeikis v. Boss & Phelps, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-08-28· cited 57×
• Parks v. Union Carbide Corp.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1980-06-10· cited 45×
• Ribbons v. Union Electric Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1992-01-28· cited 44×
• Shetka v. Kueppers, Kueppers, Von Feldt & Salmen
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1990-05-11· cited 44×
• Billy D. Blue, Billy Ed Blue v. Don Rose, Phillip Rose, Mike Rose, Lynn Rose, D/B/A Rose Bros., Donna Sue Rose, Patti R. Rose, and Rose Cattle Company
  Eighth Circuit· 1986-03-12· cited 27×
• State Ex Rel. Kubatzky v. Holt
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1972-07-25· cited 26×
• Smith v. Courter
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1978-05-01· cited 26×
• Wisner v. S. S. Kresge Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1971-02-01· cited 25×
• Thoresen v. SUPERIOR COURT, IN AND FOR MARICOPA COUNTY
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1969-12-03· cited 23×
• Linkogel v. Baker Protective Services, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1981-10-27· cited 19×
• Fordyce v. Montgomery
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1968-02-06· cited 17×
• Chambers v. McNair
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1985-04-30· cited 14×
• Donnell v. Vigus Quarries, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1970-07-28· cited 11×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Washington Gas Light Co. v. Lansden
  Supreme Court· 1899-01-16· cited 199×
• Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Roth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1908-12-03· cited 40×
• Hotel Riviera, Inc. v. Short
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1964-11-24· cited 38×
• Freeman v. Sproles
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1963-06-10· cited 25×
• Edquest v. Tripp & Dragstedt Co.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1933-02-16· cited 23×
• Nelson v. Halvorson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1912-04-19· cited 23×
• Thomas v. Durham Motors, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1965-04-05· cited 17×
• State Ex Rel. Rosen v. McLaughlin
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1958-12-08· cited 16×
• Burton v. Auffenberg
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1962-05-15· cited 4×