Legal Opinion
Le Marc's Management Corp. v. Valentin
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided May 19, 1998No. 129, Sept. Term, 1996PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ELDRIDGE, Judge.
This case concerns the appropriate standard, under Maryland common law, for the allowance of punitive damages in defamation actions.
In late 1987 Francisco Valentin, having lived all but the first year of his life in Puerto Rico, moved to New York City in the hopes of improving his limited mastery of the English language and in search of better job opportunities. He immediately went to work as a stock room clerk at Le Marc’s Fifth Avenue Cards, Inc., a Hallmark card store owned by Le Marc’s Management Corp.1 In May 1988 Valentin- and other *647Hispanic employees at the store were…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
- St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Curtis Publishing Co. v. ButtsSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Sass v. AndrewCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 2003
- Bowden v. Caldor, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1998
- McGraw v. Loyola Ford, Inc.Court of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1999
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