PHILADELPHIA CHEWING GUM CORP.

v.

SOMPORTEX LTD. ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (25 total)

• Zambrano v. Jegadees D. Devanesan, M.D., 484 So. 2d 603 (Fla. 4th DCA 1986)
  …ed, expressly holding that the punitive damage award, which constituted 6.2% of the defendant’s net worth, was not excessive. In support of its decision, the court cited Sperry Rand Corp. v. A.T.O., Inc., 447 F. 2d 1387 (4th Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017, 92 S.Ct. 1292, 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972), which held that a punitive damage award of $175,000 was not excessive where the defendant was shown to have a net worth of $750,000. Sperry Rand is particularly relevant to the case at bar because the Devanesan…
• Snepp v. United States, 444 U.S. 507 (U.S. 1980)
  …n the event of a breach, the common law is the only source of law to which we can look to determine what constitutes an appropriate remedy. See, e. g., Sperry Rand Corp. v. A-T-O, Inc., 447 F. 2d. 1387, 1392 (CA4 1971) (Virginia law), cert. denied, 405 U. S. 1017; Tlapek v. Chevron Oil Co., 407 F. 2d 1129 (CA8 1969) (Arkansas law); Structural Dynamics Research Corp. v. Engineering Mechanics Research Corp., 401 F.Supp. 1102, 1120 (ED Mich. 1975) (Michigan law); Restatement (Second) of Agency § 396 (c) (1958)…
• Zarcone v. Perry, 572 F.2d 52 (2d Cir. 1978)
  …tachi America, Ltd., 504 F. 2d 721, 727 (7th Cir. 1974) ($50,000 punitive and $27,000 compensatory damages awarded in tortious interference with contract suit); Sperry Rand Corp. v. A-T-O, Inc., 447 F. 2d 1387, 1394-95 (4th Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1017, 92 S.Ct. 1292, 31 L.Ed.2d 479 (1972) ($175,000 punitive damages awarded in trade secret suit). . As we have previously held, such awards need not be predicated on the award of substantial compensatory damages. See Stolberg v. Members of the Board…