Allen v. Kavasko Corp.

4 Citing cases

  1. Al-Sabah v. World Bus. Lenders

    CIVIL 18-cv-02958-SAG (D. Md. Mar. 19, 2024)

    Quan v. TAB GHA F&B, Inc., Civ. No. TDC-18-3397, 2021 WL 4129115, at *3 (D. Md. Sept. 10, 2021) (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting Allen v. Kavasko Corp., Civ. No. WMN-15-1839, 2015 WL 8757799, at *1-*2 (D. Md. Dec. 15, 2015)).

  2. Al-Sabah v. World Bus. Lenders

    CIVIL 18-cv-02958-SAG (D. Md. Jan. 24, 2024)

    Quan v. TAB GHA F&B, Inc., Civ. No. TDC-18-3397, 2021 WL 4129115, at *3 (D. Md. Sept. 10, 2021) (internal quotation marks omitted) (quoting Allen v. Kavasko Corp., Civ. No. WMN-15-1839, 2015 WL 8757799, at *1-*2 (D. Md. Dec. 15, 2015)). A plaintiff may be awarded punitive damages if she demonstrates that a defendant possessed “evil motive, intent to injure, ill will, or fraud, i.e., ‘actual malice.'” Ellerin v. Fairfax Sav., F.S.B., 652 A.2d 1117, 1125 (Md. 1995); Quan, 2021 WL 4129115, at *3.

  3. Mahoney v. iProcess Online, Inc.

    681 F. Supp. 3d 446 (D. Md. 2023)   Cited 1 times

    In default judgment cases involving fraud, the punitive damages in this District appear to generally range from approximately half to double the compensatory damages award. See, e.g., Quan v. TAB GHA F&B, Inc., Civ. No. TDC-18-3397, 2021 WL 4129115, at *4 (D. Md. Sept. 10, 2021), report and recommendation adopted, Civ. No. TDC-18-3397, 2021 WL 6881288 (D. Md. Nov. 9, 2021) (awarding punitive damages of $250,000 and compensatory damages were $500,000); Allen v. Kavasko Corp., Civ. No. WMN-15-1839, 2015 WL 8757799, at *2 (D. Md. Dec. 15, 2015) (awarding punitive damages of $89,530.20 and compensatory damages of $89,530.20); Recycling Sols., Inc. v. Orrs' Env't, LLC, Civ. No. PWG-14-1062, 2015 WL 3948981, at *10 (D. Md. June 26, 2015) (awarding punitive damages of $100,000 and compensatory damages of $88,521); Legacy Inv. & Mgmt., LLC v. Susquehanna Bank, Civ. No. WDQ-12-2877, 2014 WL 5325757, at *11 (D. Md. Oct. 17, 2014) (awarding punitive damages of $300,000 and compensatory damages of $159,293.14).

  4. KY C. Quan v. TAB GHA F&B, Inc.

    CIVIL TDC-18-3397 (D. Md. Sep. 10, 2021)   Cited 6 times
    In Quan, defendants' efforts to hinder recovery delayed plaintiff from filing suit for more than two years, while here the Settlement Agreement delayed CMH five months.

    “Punitive damages are available under Maryland law in tort actions to punish a defendant ‘for egregiously bad conduct toward the plaintiff, [and] also to deter the defendant and others contemplating similar behavior.'” Allen v. Kavasko Corp., No. WMN-15-1839, 2015 WL 8757799, at *1-2 (D. Md. Dec. 15, 2015) (quoting Bowden v. Caldor, Inc., 350 Md. 4, 22, 710 (1998)). A plaintiff may only be awarded punitive damages if there is a showing of actual malice.