Vaughan v. Taft Broadcasting Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that statute limiting punitive damages in service letter cases was remedial and applied retroactively
• finding plaintiff did not have a vested right in punitive damages prior to the entry of judgment
• not only does § 290.140 prohibit punitive damages for a suit based on the content of a service letter but the amendment is retroactive
• “[tender Missouri law, punitive damages are remedial and a plaintiff has no vested right to such damages prior to the entry of judgment.”

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