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• Editorial: Fair punitive damage limits set.(Opinions)(Brief Article)(Editorial)

  - 2003-04-14

  The U.S. Supreme Court erected a guidepost on the way to a more-equitable civil justice system nearly seven years ago, when it ruled in BMW of North America vs. Gore that some punitive damages awards could be so disproportionate to underlying compens The U.S. Supreme Court...

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• Justices to review damages; Standards for appellate review of punitive awards at issue.(Brief Article)

  - 2000-10-16

  WASHINGTON--The U.S. Supreme Court will review the standards that lower courts use to decide whether punitive damages awarded by trial courts are constitutional. Attorneys agree that although the high court's decision will have some practical impa WASHINGTON--The U.S. Supreme Court will review the...

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• Case not changing awards.

  - 1998-10-12

  GEORG SZALAI Contrary to popular belief, the landmark Supreme Court decision in BMW of North America Inc. vs. Gore has had no real effect on the correlation between compensatory and punitive damages awards or the frequency of court orders reducing GEORG SZALAI ...

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• Case not changing awards. ('BMW of North America Inc vs. Gore' Supreme Court case)

  - 1998-10-12

  Law professor sees 'no evidence' of larger punitive verdicts Contrary to popular belief, the landmark Supreme Court decision in BMW of North America Inc. vs. Gore has had no real effect on the correlation between compensatory and punitive damages awarLaw professor sees 'no evidence' of larger...

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• Lloyd's, CIGNA continue to garner attention. (Lloyd's of London; CIGNA Corp.)(Year in Review 1996)

  - 1996-12-23

  Top risk management stories of 1996 may elicit feelings of 'deja vu' Risk managers can be forgiven if they feel a certain sense of deja vu when recalling the top events of 1996. In fact, the two top stories of the year feature the same players...

  Tags: BMW AG, CIGNA Corp., insurance company, punitive damage

• Ala. told to reconsider punitive damages award.(US Supreme Court orders Supreme Court of Alabama to reconsider award against Life Insurance Company of Georgia)

  - 1996-11-11

  WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court has told the Supreme Court of Alabama to reconsider a $5 million punitive damage award against Life of Georgia. The Supreme Court acted on an appeal of the award by Life of Georgia, which said the size of...

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• Punitive damages legislation sought.(recent Supreme Court decision did not establish specific rules about damages awards)

  - 1996-05-27

  WASHINGTON--Federal legislation setting clear standards for punitive damage awards is still necessary despite the unprecedented U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning an Alabama award as unconstitutional, industry and tort reform advocates say. The hWASHINGTON--Federal legislation setting clear standards for punitive damage awards is still necessary despite...

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• Punitive jury still out. (BMW of North America Inc. vs. Gore)

  - 1996-05-27

  Business laments justices' refusal to draw bright line WASHINGTON - A Supreme Court decision that may eventually curb punitive damage awards may first generate much more litigation to determine when an award is unconstitutionally excessive. The high cBusiness laments justices' refusal to draw bright line ...

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• Punitive damage ruling lifts hopes. (hope for setting punitive damage awards limits)

  - 1996-05-27

  The Supreme Court overturned a $2 million punitive damage award against BMW and established guidelines to determining excessive awards. BMW was accused of repainting a paint-damaged car that it then sold without disclosing that it had been repainted. The The Supreme Court overturned a $2 million punitive damage award against...

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• Punitive damages scholar applauds Supreme Court's BMW V. Ira Gore, Jr. decision

  - 1996-05-21

  CHICAGO--BUSINESS WIRE--May 21, 1996--Punitive damages scholar Lori S. Nugent of Chicago says Monday's U.S. Supreme Court BMW decision "paves the way for a return to a rational punitive damages system" that deserves the respect of all nations.

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