Stretch v. Schenck

How courts have described this case

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

• involving the sale of an adulterated drug where court upheld punitive damage award
• involving the sale of an adulterated drug where court upheld punitive damage award
• first case recognizing punitive damages in strict liability and rejecting the argument that they are inconsistent
• first case recognizing punitive damages in strict liability and rejecting the argument that they are inconsistent
• punitive damages were allowed for inexcusable gross negligence “whether ignorantly or by design, whether with or without knowledge of the defendants.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).