Vaughan v. Taft Broadcasting Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• 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.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wilkes v. Missouri Highway & Transportation Commission
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1988-12-13· cited 116×
• Call v. Heard
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-06-25· cited 102×
• Barnett v. La Societe Anonyme Turbomeca France
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1997-11-25· cited 56×
• Shepherd Components, Inc. v. Brice Petrides-Donohue & Associates, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-07-17· cited 54×
• Peters v. General Motors Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2006-10-02· cited 50×
• Martinez v. Asplundh Tree Expert Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2017-06-16· cited 42×
• Moore v. Missouri-Nebraska Express, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1994-12-13· cited 34×
• Reis v. Peabody Coal Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1999-06-08· cited 31×
• Day v. Wells Fargo Guard Service Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1986-06-17· cited 30×
• Resnik v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1995-10-17· cited 26×
• Wright v. Over-The-Road & City Transfer Drivers, Local Union No. 41
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1997-03-25· cited 24×
• Cates v. Webster
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1987-04-14· cited 24×
• Hendrix v. Wainwright Industries
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1988-06-28· cited 16×
• Sanders v. Hartville Milling Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2000-02-09· cited 15×
• Faulkner v. St. Luke's Hospital
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1995-07-11· cited 14×
• Goad v. Treasurer of the State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2011-11-22· cited 14×
• Culp v. Lohr Distributing Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1995-05-02· cited 10×
• Russell D. Schilligo v. Purolator Courier Corp.
  Eighth Circuit· 1987-09-24· cited 8×
• Jones ex rel. Williams v. Missouri Department of Social Services
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1998-03-17· cited 8×
• American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Fehling
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1998-05-26· cited 8×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• American Bank & Trust Co. v. Community Hospital
  California Supreme Court· 1984-07-09· cited 170×
• Linda Jasperson, Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Purolator Courier Corp., Appellee/cross-Appellant
  Eighth Circuit· 1985-06-24· cited 151×
• Gibbes v. Zimmerman
  Supreme Court· 1933-12-04· cited 108×
• Arie v. Intertherm, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1983-01-18· cited 73×
• Smith v. Hill
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1958-01-24· cited 68×
• Jordan v. Robert Half Personnel Agencies of Kansas City, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1981-03-30· cited 41×
• McCarthy v. Wulff
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1970-04-13· cited 40×
• Teasley v. Mathis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1979-04-24· cited 25×
• DeBow v. Higgins
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1968-03-11· cited 25×
• Martin v. Mercantile Trust Company
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1956-07-09· cited 24×
• Mueller v. Storbakken
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1979-06-29· cited 24×
• Scheidegger v. Greene
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1970-03-09· cited 22×
• Crompton v. Curtis-Toledo, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1983-10-25· cited 21×
• Jefferson Disposal Co. v. Parish of Jefferson, La.
  E.D. Louisiana· 1985-03-05· cited 20×
• Wright v. Fox-Stanley Photo Products, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1982-09-07· cited 18×
• State Ex Rel. Cole v. Nigro
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1971-10-12· cited 16×
• Leneve Ex Rel. LeNeve v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1966-11-14· cited 14×
• State ex rel. Deering v. Corcoran
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1983-04-22· cited 9×
• Convention Center Inn, Ltd. v. Dow Chemical Co.
  Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court· 1984-02-14· cited 4×