Not so punitive?
Justice David Souter wrote for the court that punitive damages may not exceed what the company already paid to compensate victims for economic losses, about $500 million compensation.
Souter said that a penalty should be "reasonably predictable" in its severity.
Maybe we can just send them to their room for an hour of time-out?
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Is it the 1:1 ratio that bothers you, the general idea of any ratio, or something else?
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Matt Sayler, at 1:17 PM
No - it's the idea that a jury came up with a number, and the courts have successively whittled that number down to something which isn't even remotely "punitive."
Last i heard, the 7th amendment to the Constitution was still in effect.
By
Barry, at 1:49 PM
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