Brower v. Nydic, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
June 1999
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Walker v. City of New York · Rocanova v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States · New York University v. Continental Insurance · NY Univ. v. CONT'L INS CO · Kopec v. Coughlin
Most-quoted passages
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“In addition to morally culpable conduct, however, the most current decisions by the Court of Appeals also appear to require conduct that is ‘part of a pattern directed at the public generally’ before punitive damages may be imposed. [The N.Y. Univ. court further required ‘egregious conduct ... directed to plaintiff,’ as noted above.] Thus, N.Y. Univ. and Rocanova invoke a distinction articulated most clearly in Walker , where the court defined ‘a gross and wanton fraud upon the public’ by contrasting it with ‘an isolated transaction incident to an otherwise legitimate business.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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