CALIFORNIA
v.
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP.
CALIFORNIA
GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORP.
287 U.S. 661
Supreme Court of the United States (1932)
Positive Treatment
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Baskin v. Parker, 588 F.2d 965 (5th Cir. 1979)…bids the award of punitive damages in civil cases unless specifically provided for by statute, see, e. g., Terry v. Butler, 1960, 240 La. 398, 123 So. 2d 865, and McCoy v. Arkansas Natural Gas Co., 1932, 175 La. 487, 143 So. 383, cert. denied, 1932, 287 U.S. 661, 53 S.Ct. 220, 77 L.Ed. 570; La.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 33:1433 (West) does not specify that a sheriff is liable for punitive damages for the acts of his deputies, and no other statute appears to provide for such damages in this case. Although Sheriff Park…