Citing a lack of evidence and recent limits on punitive damages, a court of appeal panel filleted an $18.5 million award in a psychiatric disability case against McKesson Corp. and a supervisor on Tuesday.
The appeals court halved the compensatory award, and said that the jury’s $15 million award of punitive damages had to be reduced to about $2 million, saying that was about as much as the U.S. Constitution will allow under recent precedents.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
