Legal Opinion
Ballinger v. Gascosage Electric Cooperative
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided April 17, 1990No. 72068PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMAR, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff, an unskilled electrical construction worker, recovered judgment for $1,500,000 on a jury verdict against Gascos-age Electric Cooperative and its contractor, Tel-Elec Company. Both defendants appealed, and the plaintiff appealed from the refusal of his requested punitive damage instruction.1 The Court of Appeals, Southern District, reversed and remanded for new trial, treating the multiple issues in a comprehensive opinion. It transferred the case to us “because of the general interest and importance of a question involved in the ease or for the purpose…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Philip Morris, Inc. v. EmersonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1988
- Means v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1977
- Eickmann v. St. Louis Public Service Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1952
- Mallory v. Louisiana Pure Ice & Supply Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1928
- Smith v. Inter-County Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1977
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Zueck v. Oppenheimer Gateway Properties, Inc.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1991
- Pasquale v. Ohio Power Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1992
- Hatch v. V.P. Fair Foundation, Inc.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1999
- Matteuzzi v. Columbus Partnership, L.P.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- George Donner v. Alcoa, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2013
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