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Labor/Employment

Aug. 25, 1999

Supreme Court Narrows Liability For Employers

SAN FRANCISCO - Corporations are not liable to pay punitive damages for the unlawful behavior of managers solely because they have hiring and firing authority, a unanimous California Supreme Court ruled Monday.

By David Kravets
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Corporations are not liable to pay punitive damages for the unlawful behavior of managers solely because they have hiring and firing authority, a unanimous California Supreme Court ruled Monday.
        California's lower courts ...

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