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· 12/7/1983

Wilson v. Colston

Citations

  • 457 N.E.2d 1042
  • 120 Ill. App. 3d 150
  • 75 Ill. Dec. 600
  • 1983 Ill. App. LEXIS 2591

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a plaintiff “may obtain an award for [punitive] damages without introducing evidence of the defendant’s monetary resources”
  • “[A] plaintiff need not introduce evidence of a defendant’s financial worth to obtain an award of punitive damages.”
  • “[A] plaintiff need not introduce evidence of a defendant’s financial worth to obtain an award of punitive damages.”

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Judges: Jones

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