Slashing a $6.25 million punitive damages award down to $2 million, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that in most cases where the plaintiff wins a “substantial” compensatory award and the damages were purely economic, a 1-1 ratio should apply.
The Dec. 24 ruling in Jurinko v. Medical Protective Co. is the clearest sign to date that large punitive damages awards face an increasingly hostile audience on appeal because of a string of decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court that culminated in this year’s decision in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker.
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