WHITE, JUDGE, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA COUNTY

v.

JUDICIAL INQUIRY AND REVIEW BOARD OF PENNSYLVANIA

Citator

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• Lightning v. Roadway Express, Inc., 60 F.3d 1551 (11th Cir. 1995)
  …2) the actor’s misconduct was active or passive; and (3) a rational relationship exists between the misconduct and the amount of the award. See Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Brown, 258 Ga. 115, 365 S.E. 2d 827, 833 (plurality opinion), appeal dismissed, 488 U.S. 805, 109 S.Ct. 36, 102 L.Ed.2d 15 (1988). Applying these factors, we conclude that the district court’s award of $100,000 was reasonable. The active misconduct of Roadway’s supervisors caused Lightning to suffer a mental disorder that required his hos…
• Hutcherson v. Progressive Corp., 984 F.2d 1152 (11th Cir. 1993)
  …ts.” Gilman Paper Co. v. James, 235 Ga. 348, 219 S.E. 2d 447, 450 (1975). Negligence alone, even gross negligence, will not support an award of punitive damages. Colonial Pipeline Co. v. Brown, 258 Ga. 115, 365 S.E. 2d 827, 830, appeal dismissed, 488 U.S. 805, 109 S.Ct. 36, 102 L.Ed.2d 15 (1988). 1. Negligent hiring and retention To prove negligent hiring, Georgia law requires a plaintiff to show that the employer knew, or in the exercise of ordinary care should have known, that its employee was incompe…
• Stretton v. Disciplinary Bd. OF THE Supreme Court OF Pa., 944 F.2d 137 (3d Cir. 1991)
  …ecommend sanctions to the Board. The state Supreme Court acts only upon recommendation from the Board, although it is free to disagree. Pennsylvania Constitution Art. V, § 18(g)(h); Matter of Cunningham, 517 Pa. 417, 538 A. 2d 473, appeal dismissed, 488 U.S. 805, 109 S.Ct. 36, 102 L.Ed.2d 16 (1988). Giving a narrow construction to “announce views” in Canon 7 is consistent with other provisions of the Code. For example, Canon 4 permits judges to write and speak about the law, the legal system and the admini…