Punitive Damages Reform: S.B. 2351 (1993)

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Limits punitive damages to the greater of $250,000 or two


Limits punitive damages to the greater of $250,000 or two times compensatory damages; allows for a bifurcated trial on the issue of punitive damages; and prohibits a defendant’s financial worth from being admitted in the punitive damages portion of a trial.

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