Legal Opinion
Allapattah Services, Inc. v. Exxon Corp.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided July 20, 1999No. 91-0986-CivPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO ASSERT CLAIM FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
GOLD, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Plaintiffs’ Motion for Leave to Assert Claim for Punitive Damages Against Defendant Exxon Corporation [D.E. # 1016]. Plaintiffs seek to recover punitive damages, alleging that Exxon tortiously and oppressively breached its contracts with Plaintiffs, substantiating punitive relief which is purportedly available under the laws of twenty-three of the thirty-six jurisdictions implicated in this diversity action. Having carefully considered the arguments of the…
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