“In one of the first decisions to implement the U.S. Supreme Court’s April ruling on punitive damages, a federal judge in Philadelphia reaffirmed a punitive award in an insurance bad-faith case that appears to be 75 times larger than the compensatory award. The judge concluded that the punitives — based on the estimated value of the plaintiff’s potential harm — comply with the high court’s so-called Gore/Campbell standards,” reported here from The Legal Intelligencer via Law.com.
“In one of the first decisions to implement the U.S. Supreme Court’s April ruling on punitive damages, a federal judge in Philadelphia reaffirmed a punitive award in an insurance bad-faith case that appears to be 75 times larger than the compensatory award. The judge concluded that the punitives — based on the estimated value of the plaintiff’s potential harm — comply with the high court’s so-called Gore/Campbell standards,” reported here from The Legal Intelligencer via Law.com.
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