Comments on: Inside Counsel magazine on punitive damages https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/inside-counsel-magazine-on-punitive-damages/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jeremy https://www.overlawyered.com/2009/02/inside-counsel-magazine-on-punitive-damages/comment-page-1/#comment-40732 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:09:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=9231#comment-40732 Hmm, here’s a story from my neck of the woods: http://www.jconline.com/article/20090219/NEWS03/902190348/1001/NEWS

Plaintiff got $157 million, where they had asked for only about $1.5 million in compensatory damages. This is why defendants should show up in court, I guess.

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