Posted On: October 21, 2006
Punitive Damages awards have not increased for 10 years
The most common reason given for capping damages awarded by juries in medical malpractice cases is that juries award too much money and that there is a crisis in the jury system. A new study has found that the amount of punitive damages awarded has not increased over the last ten years and judges are more likely than lawyers to award punitive damages in personal injury cases. You can find it at 3 J. Empirical Leg. Stud. 263(2006)
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