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04Jun

Florida Court Awards No Compensatory Damages ... But $1 M Punitive

“Punitive damages pose an acute danger of arbitrary deprivation of property.” –Honda Motor Co. v. Oberg, 512 U.S. 415, 432 (1994) - A recent case from Florida’s 11th Circuit Court — Moore v. R.J. Reynolds, 2008-CA-000858 — demonstrates that trial...
By: McGuireWoods LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/florida-court-awards-no-compensatory-40623/

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