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Punitive Damages And Strict Products Liability: An Essay In Oxymoron, Ellen Wertheimer
Punitive Damages And Strict Products Liability: An Essay In Oxymoron, Ellen Wertheimer
Ellen Wertheimer
No abstract provided.
An Exploration Of “Non-Economic” Damages In Civil Jury Awards, Herbert M. Kritzer, Guangya Liu, Neil Vidmar
An Exploration Of “Non-Economic” Damages In Civil Jury Awards, Herbert M. Kritzer, Guangya Liu, Neil Vidmar
Faculty Scholarship
Using three primary data sources plus three supplemental sources discussed in an appendix, this paper examines how well non-economic damages could be predicted by economic damages and at how the ratio of non-economic damages to economic damages changed as the magnitude of the economic damages awarded by juries increased. We found a mixture of consistent and inconsistent patterns across our various datasets. One fairly consistent pattern was the tendency for the ratio of non-economic to economic damages to decline as the amount of economic damages increased. Moreover, the variability of the ratio also tended to decline as the amount of …
Punitive Damages And The Drunken Driver, William C. Cooper
Punitive Damages And The Drunken Driver, William C. Cooper
Pepperdine Law Review
A discussion of the history and theory of punitive damages which results in advocating their application in a drunk driving context after giving due consideration to the pros and cons of such a sanction. An analysis of case law will reveal the underlying rationale that has motivated certain jurisdictions in applying this severe penal approach in an attempt to deter and curtail the senseless destruction on our nation's highways as well as exploring the impetus behind those other jurisdictions that do not utilize the remedy of punitive damages. The culminating focus is on California's position in this regard. Finally, there …
Constitutional Restraints On The Doctrine Of Punitive Damages, Theodore B. Olson, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.
Constitutional Restraints On The Doctrine Of Punitive Damages, Theodore B. Olson, Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
State Limits: Can One State Rule The Country? One State Awarding Punitive Damages For Nationwide Conduct, Heather Burgess
State Limits: Can One State Rule The Country? One State Awarding Punitive Damages For Nationwide Conduct, Heather Burgess
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Confirmation Of Punitive Awards In Arbitration: Did Due Process Disappear?, Stuart M. Boyarsky
The Confirmation Of Punitive Awards In Arbitration: Did Due Process Disappear?, Stuart M. Boyarsky
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
Part I of this article provides a brief overview of the reasoning behind the limited judicial review of an arbitral award. Part II describes the state action doctrine and explains how several courts have used the doctrine in order to apply due process protection to proceedings involving private actors. In particular, this section discusses several significant decisions that involve the issue of whether a court's confirmation of an arbitrator's award of punitive damages creates state action and requires the application of constitutional protections such as due process. This Note concludes that due to a leading decision by the Eleventh Circuit, …
Punitive Damages And Class Actions, Francis Mcgovern
Punitive Damages And Class Actions, Francis Mcgovern
Faculty Scholarship
The union of punitive damages and class actions can be aptly described with Samuel Johnson’s famous quotation regarding marriage: “The triumph of hope over experience.” By most conventional wisdom, there is little future for plaintiffs or defendants who desire to resolve punitive damages claims globally using the procedural vehicle of a class action. From a conceptual perspective, however, there are circumstances under which the union could function. This Article explores those possibilities, not in the spirit of normative support, but in the spirit of exploring theories that may have some prospective vitality. Notwithstanding the chilly reception that punitive damages class …
Supreme Court 2002 Term - The Property Cases: Iolta, Qui Tam Actions, And Punitive Damages (Symposium: The Fifteenth Annual Supreme Court Review), Leon D. Lazer
Scholarly Works
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The Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards, W. Kip Viscusi
The Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards, W. Kip Viscusi
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
This paper provides an analysis of 64 punitive damages awards of at least $100 million. Based on an inventory of these cases, there is evidence that these blockbuster awards are highly concentrated geographically, as two states account for 27 of the 64 awards. The awards also have been rising substantially over time, with the majority of these blockbuster awards taking place since 1999. An assessment of the current status of the blockbuster punitive damages awards indicates that most of these awards have been appealed, but the reversal of these punitive damages awards is the exception rather than the rule. Many …
Punitive Damages: How Judges And Juries Perform, Joni Hersch, W. Kip Viscusi
Punitive Damages: How Judges And Juries Perform, Joni Hersch, W. Kip Viscusi
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
This paper presents the first empirical anatysis that demonstrates that juries differ from judges in awarding punitive damages. Our review of punitive damages awards of $100 million or more identified 63 such awards, of which juries made 95 percent. These jury awards are highly unpredictable and are not significantly correlated with compensatory damages. Using data on jury and bench verdicts from the Civil Justice Survey of State Courts, 1996, we find that juries are significantly more likely to award punitive damages than are judges and award higher levels of punitive damages. Jury awards are also less strongly related to compensatory …
Punitive Damages: How Jurors Fail To Promote Efficiency, W. Kip Viscusi
Punitive Damages: How Jurors Fail To Promote Efficiency, W. Kip Viscusi
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Evidence of corporate risk-cost balancing often leads to inefficient punitive damages awards, suggesting that jurors fail to base their decision making on principles of economic efficiency. In this Article, Professor Viscusi presents the results of two experiments regarding jury behavior and punitive damages. In the first experiment, Professor Viscusi found that mock jurors punish companies for balancing risk against cost, although award levels vary depending on how the economic analysis is presented at trial. The results of the second experiment suggested that mock jurors are unwilling or unable to follow a set of model jury instructions designed to generate efficient …
Why There Is No Defense Of Punitive Damages, W. Kip Viscusi
Why There Is No Defense Of Punitive Damages, W. Kip Viscusi
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
This paper is a response to the comments by David Luban and Theodore Eisenberg on my article on punitive damages to be published in the Georgetown Law Journal (1998) and entitled "The Social Costs of Punitive Damages against Corporations in Environmental and Safety Tort." Neither of these authors presents any evidence indicating that there is a determent effect of punitive damages. They suggest, however, that there could be retribution objectives or other rationales for punitive damages. In addition, they claim that punitive damages are predictable and that cognitive biases may not tilt juries against corporations. This paper reviews these diverse …
A Punitive Damages Overview: Functions, Problems And Reform, David G. Owen
A Punitive Damages Overview: Functions, Problems And Reform, David G. Owen
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Punitive Damages Awards In Product Liability Litigation: Strong Medicine Or Poison Pill - Introduction, Aaron D. Twerski
Punitive Damages Awards In Product Liability Litigation: Strong Medicine Or Poison Pill - Introduction, Aaron D. Twerski
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Punitive Damages And Strict Products Liability: An Essay In Oxymoron, Ellen Wertheimer
Punitive Damages And Strict Products Liability: An Essay In Oxymoron, Ellen Wertheimer
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Liability Insurance Coverage For Punitive Damages - Discerning Answers To The Conundrum Created By Disputes Involving Conflicting Public Policies, Pragmatic Considerations And Political Actions, Alan I. Widiss
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Mass Torts And Punitive Damages: A Comment, Gary T. Schwartz
Mass Torts And Punitive Damages: A Comment, Gary T. Schwartz
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Multiple Punitive Damages Awards, Jerry J. Phillips
Multiple Punitive Damages Awards, Jerry J. Phillips
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Zen And The Art Of Exemplary Damages Assessment, Theodore Emens Cowen
Zen And The Art Of Exemplary Damages Assessment, Theodore Emens Cowen
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Municipal Liability For Exemplary Damages, David H. Hines
Municipal Liability For Exemplary Damages, David H. Hines
Cleveland State Law Review
Although the law is not altogether free from doubt on the subject of municipal liability for exemplary damages, it is a settled principle that exemplary damages may not be recovered against a municipal corporation, nor a state, in the absence of statutory authority.
Staggering Punitive Damages Against Labor Unions, Thurlow Smoot
Staggering Punitive Damages Against Labor Unions, Thurlow Smoot
Cleveland State Law Review
The two U.S. Supreme Court decisions rendered in late May, 1958, involving labor unions, have received widespread publicity, have been the subject of much editorial and other comment, and have caused considerable consternation among labor unions and among some employers who see where they may be involved. Now upon analysis, are the rulings of great significance, worthy of the concern they have caused, portending something new in labor relations? The probability is that they are.