Legal Opinion
Maxwell v. Gallagher
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 2, 1998No. 96-CV-199, 96-CV-591PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Associate Judge:
This appeal from a judgment and award of damages for breach of fiduciary duty requires us, inter alia, to consider once again the relationship between compensatory (or actual) and punitive damages. Because the trial judge as factfinder expressly found that the appellees (counter-claimants) had not proven a basis for an award of actual damages, we hold that the judge’s award of punitive damages was impermissible. We reverse that award but otherwise affirm the judgment.
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Plaintiff James S. Maxwell sought a declaratory judgment in Superior Court confirming the right of…
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