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Alcorn v. Mitchell : "The Angry Spitter"

Jonathan Zittrain,
Jordi Weinstock

Should damages for battery encompass indignities as well as physical injuries? Should juries be able to assign extra damages for particularly malicious or bad-natured conduct?

Illinois Supreme Court
63 Ill. 553
1872-06

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