Sentences with phrase «lower punitive damages award»

When a defendant's misconduct kills or injures a poor person — i.e., someone whose death or injury triggers smaller payouts in compensatory damages under conventional valuation models — such misconduct will yield a lower punitive damages award where there is a requirement that punitive damages be based on compensatory damages than if the defendant killed or injured a wealthy per - son.

Concluding that the award against Ford was excessive, the court reduced the noneconomic damages award to $ 18 million and lowered the punitive damages award to $ 55 million.

Not exact matches

Other recent punitive damage awards in employment cases have been lower.

If you have a low degree injury and this is the persons only DUI and they are apologetic, then the punitive damages award may be no more than $ 10,000.00.

Being as kind as possible to the reasoning, the Court adopts a «Goldilocks» approach: the amount of punitive damages awarded by the trial judge ($ 1,000,000) was «too high», the amount awarded by the Court of Appeal ($ 250,000) was too low because it «fails to fully reflect the gravity of the conduct and the need to deter others», so $ 500,000 is perfect.

In a case where compensatory damages to the plaintiff are relatively low, such a result might be viewed as constitutionally suspect because of the supposed «disparity» between the «actual or poten - tial harm suffered by the plaintiff and the punitive damages award.»