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· 12/7/1982

Veselenak v. Smith

Citations

  • 327 N.W.2d 261
  • 414 Mich. 567

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Due to the required mental element, negligence is not sufficient to justify an award of exemplary damages.”
  • rejecting a distinction between mental-anguish damages and separate exemplary damages

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Judges: Kavanagh, Williams, Levin, Coleman, Ryan, Fitzgerald, Moody

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