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: Stark County Law Library Blawg"Punitive Damages Not Available to Plaintiff Unless Compensatory Damages Also Awarded"
From the site: "2008-0895. Niskanen v. Giant Eagle, Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2009-Ohio-3626.Opinion: http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2009/2009-Ohio-3626.pdf
(July 30, 2009) In a decision announced today, the Supreme Court of Ohio held that a party in a negligence lawsuit may be awarded punitive damages only if that party has received an award of compensatory damages."
Source The Supreme Court of Ohio, 30 July 2009
Full post as published by Stark County Law Library Blawg on August 04, 2009 (boomark / email).
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