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Over the past two decades, the United States has seen a dramatic increase in the number and magnitude of punitive damages verdicts rendered by juries in civil trials. Probably the most extraordinary example is the July 2000 award of 144.8 billion in the Florida class action lawsuit brought against c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sunstein, Cass R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Temas:
Exemplary damages > United States.
Jury > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
Exemplary damages
Jury
Juryrechtspraak.
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United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Over the past two decades, the United States has seen a dramatic increase in the number and magnitude of punitive damages verdicts rendered by juries in civil trials. Probably the most extraordinary example is the July 2000 award of 144.8 billion in the Florida class action lawsuit brought against cigarette manufacturers. Or consider two recent verdicts against the auto manufacturer BMW in Alabama. In identical cases, argued in the same court before the same judge, one jury awarded 4 million in punitive damages, while the other awarded no punitive damages at all. In cases involving accidents.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 285 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-277) and index.
ISBN:9780226780160
0226780163

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