Young v. Goodyear Service Stores

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• punitive damages for misrepresentation of washing machine as new did not depend on knowing falsehood.
• if defendant recklessly or heedlessly makes false statements, fact he was unaware of falsity does not defeat claim for punitive damages
• “It has been many times stated that fraud is not presumed, and that one who charges another with fraud and deceit as a basis of a cause of action must establish such by clear, cogent and convincing evidence.”
• wherein the court upheld an award of punitive damages in an action for fraud and deceit where the tortfeasor recklessly made a false representation as a positive assertion without knowing or caring whether the representation was true or false

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