Patti Waldmeir, writing in the Financial Times, on the punitive damages case going before the U.S. Supreme Court:
The questions before the justices are ones they have faced before: is it fair to let juries impose huge punitive damages awards against companies that make things that hurt people - damages that are out of all proportion to the harm caused to the person bringing the lawsuit? Should jurors be allowed to punish defendants for harm they may cause to people who are not party to the suit? Is that necessary to deter corporate wrongdoing? Or is it economically counter- productive - and constitutionally unconscionable - to hit corporate defendants with damages in three-figure millions for each case of wrongdoing?
She also examines a bed bug case.
[HT: Wall Street Journal Law Blog ]
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