Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Federal judge cuts punitive damage award in Katrina insurance case

[JURIST] A federal judge Wednesday reduced a $2.5 million punitive damage award to $1 million [order, PDF] in a Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] insurance case, finding the award excessive at twelve times the amount of economic ...

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