Vandersluis v. Weil

How courts have described this case

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

• characterizing vexatious litigation and malicious prosecution as having three identical elements— want of probable cause, malice and termination of action in plaintiffs favor
• restricting punitive damages to the “cost of litigation less taxable costs of the action being tried”
• “Punitive damages are awarded when the evidence shows a reckless indifference to the rights of others or an intentional and wanton violation of those rights.”
• \[common-law] [p]unitive damages are awarded when the evidence shows a reckless indifference to the rights of others or an intentional and wanton violation of those rights\
• ‘‘vexatious litigation and malicious prosecution are so similar as to be essentially the same tort’’
• \Punitive damages are awarded when the evidence shows a reckless indifference to the rights of others or an intentional and wanton violation of those rights.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).