Punitive Damages in Financial Injury Cases

Punitive Damages in Financial Injury Cases
Author: Orrin G. Hatch
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Total Pages: 111
Release: 2000-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780756704773

Hearing held by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on the cost of punitive damage awards, which lately seem to be out of control. Witnesses: Stephen J. Carroll, senior economist, Rand Institute for Civil Justice, Santa Monica, CA; Thomas Campbell, a Representative in Congress from the State of California; Stephen Daniels, senior research fellow, American Bar Association, Chicago, IL; Theodore B. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC; & Senators Orrin G. Hatch & Richard J. Durbin. Charts & tables.