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Supreme Court Rulings on Compensatory and Punitive Damages
This chapter explores the Supreme Court's guidelines on the ratios of punitive to compensatory damages, stressing that punitive awards should typically not surpass nine times compensatory amounts. It also addresses differing judicial opinions on the constitutional constraints surrounding punitive damages and encourages further legal exploration.
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