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July 10th, 2008 at 12:06 am

“The Era of Big Punitive Damage Awards Is Not Over”

» by Ted Frank

Today’s Wall Street Journal has a short version of my take on the Exxon Shipping v. Baker decision. Cf. also my Federalist Society podcast.

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    [...] the Wall Street Journal just how feeble courts are at reining in excessive punitive damages awards, contrary to what you may have read about the Exxon Valdez case.  Thus, state tort reform laws limiting punitive damages remain necessary to restrain the whims [...]

 

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