Wagman v. Lee

How courts have described this case

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

• basing the conclusion that an escrow/depositor relationship is fiduciary on the agent/principal character of the relationship
• “Although punitive damages generally are not recoverable for breach of contract … this rule is inapplicable if there exists an independent fiduciary relationship between the parties.”
• “Although punitive damages generally are not recoverable for breach of contract … this rule is inapplicable if there exists an independent fiduciary relationship between the parties.”
• breach of fiduciary duty may warrant imposition of punitive damages
• breach of fiduciary duty may warrant imposition of punitive damages
• “certainly there can be no question as to the existence of the fiduciary capacity in a case where the agent has been entrusted with money to be used for a specific purpose” (internal quotations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).