Some high-powered legal talent is knocking on the Supreme Court’s door, asking justices to take three cases that would place new limits on punitive damages awards.
But they may have their work cut out for them: The court is less predictable on the issue today than it was two years ago when it last considered punitive damages and sharply restricted awards in maritime cases. That’s because the views of Justices Samuel Alito Jr., Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan on punitives are still largely unknown, experts on punitive damages say.
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