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Punitive Damages - The Reckless Need To Pay Until It Hurts
Category: Ho Hum
You can get deep, really deep, into the debate regarding punitive damages by reading the article at Law.com on the subject. (It is a topic that generates far too much hot air in the Tort Reform talkathons.)
Are Punitive Damage Awards Too High?Two leading scholars crunch the numbers and come up with very different answers on jury awards
Punitive damages remain one of the most controversial aspects of the tort system. Are outsize jury awards signs that the system needs fixing, or are they aberrations that don't matter much in the long run?
My bottom line is that the bad guys (like those who are found to recklessly disregard the safety of others) need to have a big chunk taken from their wallets in order to get the message that they are well outside the norms of behavior expected of them. If the chunk happens to be too big, I won't be losing any sleep over it.
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