Insurance
Feb. 27, 2015
What's going on with punitive damages in California?
While the "new" state Supreme Court adjusts, it appears the arena of punitive damages, like many others, will have to wait to find clarity.
Rex Heeseman
JAMS
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Stanford Univ Law School
Rex Heeseman retired from the Los Angeles Count Superior Court bench in 2014. He is at JAMS, Los Angeles. Besides speaking at various MCLE programs, he co-authors The Rutter Group's practice guide on "Insurance Litigation." From 2002 to 2015, he was an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School.
Last week, the California Supreme Court denied a petition for review (S223511) in Izell v. Union Carbide Corp., 2014 DJDAR 15634, 231 Cal. App. 4th 962. There, in litigation by a husband and wife in connection with his diagnosis of mesothelioma at the age of 85, the "jury returned special verdicts finding Union Carbide 65 percent comparatively at fault for Plaintiffs' injuries and awarding Plaintiffs $30 million in compensatory damages plus $18 million in punitive damages against ...
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