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Punitive Damages

Report

The Globalization of Mass Civil Litigation: Lessons from the Volkswagen "Clean Diesel" Case

This report describes the Volkswagen "clean diesel" emission fraud litigation to illustrate the features of global mass litigation and the problems that arise in the resolution of these types of claims across transnational jurisdictions.

Jun 22, 2021
Report

Punitive Damages and Deterrence of Efficiency-Promoting Analysis: A Problem Without a Solution?

In this article, the author comments on Professor Viscusi's analysis regarding a threat that punitive damages pose to economic efficiency.

Jan 1, 2001
Report

Establishing a Good-Faith Defense to Punitive-Damage Claims

Argues that if the main purpose of punitive damages in product liability cases is to deter conduct that results in unsafe consumer products, the threat of punitive damages ought to be better targeted at the conduct of senior management, ...

Jan 1, 2000
Journal Article

The Problems with Punitive Damages in Lawsuits Against Managed-Care Organizations

A crisis in the litigation of cases involving managed care, should it come, will be ugly and costly.

Jan 1, 2000
Report

Goal Conflict in Juror Assessments of Compensatory and Punitive Damages

Recent tort reform debates have been hindered by a lack of knowledge of how jurors assess damages. Two studies investigated whether jurors are able to appropriately compartmentalize compensatory and punitive damages.

Jan 1, 1999
Report

Product Liability, Punitive Damages, Business Decisions and Economic Outcomes

This article aims to help readers think systematically about the economic effects of product liability and punitive damages.

Jan 1, 1998
Research Brief

Punitive Damage Awards in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts

To provide an empirical basis for the ongoing debate about punitive damages, the authors drew on the ICJ's jury verdict database to conduct the first close analysis of trends and patterns in punitive awards for financial injuries.

Jan 1, 1997
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Punitive Damages in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts: Executive Summary

This report is the executive summary of an Institute for Civil Justice analysis of trends and patterns in punitive damage awards in financial injury cases in selected jurisdictions during the period 1985 through 1994.

Jan 1, 1997
Report

Punitive Damages in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts

This report provides the technical details of an Institute for Civil Justice analysis of trends and patterns in punitive damage awards in financial injury cases in selected jurisdictions during the period 1985 through 1994.

Jan 1, 1997
Report

Punitive Damages: Empirical Findings

Based on cases that reached jury verdict in Cook County, Illinois, and San Francisco, California, from 1960 to 1984, this report presents analytically derived answers to questions surrounding the award of punitive damages.

Jan 1, 1987
Report

Punitive Damages: Preliminary Empirical Findings

Presents preliminary information on punitive damages awarded between 1959 and 1984 by juries in Cook County, Illinois, and San Francisco County, California.

Jan 1, 1985
Report

Variation in Asbestos Litigation Compensation and Expenses

This report analyzes characteristics of individual claims that explain variation in compensation and expenses.

Dec 31, 1983