Wolf v. Wolf’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore · State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Campbell · Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip · Mississippi v. Turner · Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. v. Voeltz
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Actual malice may be shown by such things as personal spite, hatred, or ill-will and legal malice may be shown by wrongful conduct committed with a willful or reckless disregard for the rights of another.” ... “Thus, merely objectionable conduct is insufficient.... To receive punitive damages, plaintiff must offer evidence of defendant’s persistent course of conduct to show that the defendant acted with no care and with disregard to the consequences of those acts.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“A plaintiff seeking common-law attorney fees must prove that the culpability of the defendant’s conduct exceeds the punitive-damage standard, which requires “willful and wanton disregard for the rights of another.” Instead, “such conduct must rise to the level of oppression or connivance to harass or injure another.” Put another way, the standard “envisions conduct that is intentional and likely to be aggravated by cruel and tyrannical motives.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“[1] [T]he harm caused was physical as opposed to economic; [2] the tortious conduct evinced an indifference to or a reckless disregard of the health or safety of others; ... [3] the conduct involved repeated actions or was an isolated incident; and [4] the harm was the result of intentional malice, trickery, or deceit, or mere accident.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.