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Third Circuit weighs in on limits of punitive damages awards

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 5 2009

In a bad faith claim arising from a medical malpractice action, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit imposed a 1:1 ratio between compensatory and punitive damages in its ruling issued on December 24, 2008