Article: Supreme Court Decision Does Not Alter $50 Million Punitive Damages Award.

Article: Revisiting Kolstad v. American Dental Association: Reform of ...
The University of Memphis Law Review;  April 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... which did not include punitive damages. In a sweeping move ... recovery of exemplary or punitive damages in cases where the complaining ... split developed among federal circuit courts over whether the punitive damages allowed under the 1991 ...

Article: Avoiding Punitive Damages: Training is the Key.
Mondaq Business Briefing;  June 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... vicariously liable for punitive damages based on the discriminatory ... efforts so as to escape punitive damages. Of the eleven Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals, eight ... jury to even consider punitive damages. Although the jury awarded ...

Article: Punitive damages may be taxable after Schleier, ...
Trial;  September 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... experts believe that all punitive damages awards may now be subject ... author of a book on punitive damages. Boston noted that four of six federal circuit courts that have considered ... issue have said that punitive damages are taxable income ...

Article: Punitive damages: from myth to theory.
Iowa Law Review;  March 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... argue that the current problem with punitive damages in the United States is not, as popularly ... orderly function of the tort system. Punitive damages suffer from a different sort of crisis ... lawyers, and litigants the purpose of punitive damages. The argument contains the ...

Article: Punitive Damages
West's Encyclopedia of American Law;      700+ words ...PUNITIVE DAMAGES Monetary compensation awarded to ... intended to punish the wrongdoer. Punitive damages, also known as exemplary damages ... the harm caused by the defendant. Punitive damages are a way of punishing the defendant ...

Article: Punitive Damages: Should Juries Decide?
Texas Law Review;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Punitive Damages: Should Juries Decide? PUNITIVE DAMAGES: HOW JURIES DECIDE. By Cass R. Sunstein,[dagger ... historic decision certifying a nationwide mandatory punitive-damages-only class action, Judge Jack Weinstein forewarned ...

Article: Punitive Damages: California Model Applying Gore ...
FDCC Quarterly;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... This article contextualizes the role of punitive damages in an award model based essentially ... decisions. II. THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES The practice of assessing punitive damages to punish particularly blameworthy conduct ...