Legal Opinion
Suflas v. Cleveland Wrecking Company
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 14, 1963No. Civ. A. 27548PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, District Judge.
This is an action seeking both actual damages and punitive damages alleged to have resulted from a wrecking operation carried on by defendant at a property adjoining the business property of the plaintiffs. The jury found that plaintiffs had suffered actual damages in the amount of $5,655.28. In addition, the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiffs in the amount of $8,000 as punitive damages. Defendant has moved for a new trial. On the question of punitive damages the jury was charged in part as follows:
“ * * * In considering whether or not the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hilbert v. RothSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Quentin Reynolds v. Westbrook Pegler, the Hearst Corporation and Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Kelite Products, Inc., and R. C. Martin v. Alvin J. Binzel, Jr., Trading as Kelite Products of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Givens v. W. J. Gilmore Drug Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Thompson v. Mutual Ben. Health & Accident Ass'nDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1949
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Basista v. WeirCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Basista v. WeirCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Thomas v. American Cystoscope Makers, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- Weider v. HoffmanDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
- Certified Laboratories of Texas, Inc. v. RubinsonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1969
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