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California Employment Law Update
Punitive Damages Award Of 145 Times Compensatory Damages Was Excessive
By Tony Oncidi
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Campbell, 538 U.S. 408, 123 S. Ct. 1513 (2003) Curtis and Inez Campbell sued their automobile insurance carrier (State Farm) for bad faith,…
Supreme Court Update
State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Campbell (01-1289), Virginia v. Black (01-1107), Pacificare Health Systems v. Book (02-215) and order list
Three new opinions today, and an order list. Since the opinions today were relatively big ones, I’ll start there. First, in State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Campbell (01-1289), the Court…