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9
Punitive
Damages in Business Cases
1.Punitive Damages are most common in
business cases
(contract, fraud, employment) according to Eisenberg, et al.
2.The request for punitive damages tends to
increase the size of
the compensatory award, even if no punitive damages are awarded.
3.When conduct
is egregious and punitive damages are capped or unavailable, juries react by increasing compensatory awards