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Pnitive Damages In Civil Cases
Punitive damages are designed to punish a defendant and deter bad conduct. Unlike most compensatory damages for civil suits, the purpose of punitive damages is not to make the plaintiff whole, but to punish the defendant. Punitive damages are not awarded in every civil case and most states have strict rules and limitations on when punitive damages will be allowed. There may also be caps in place that limit punitive damage awards to no more than 2 or 3 times the amount of actual damages. In many states, we will find that the awarding of punitive damages have been limited so as to not get out of control. For example, in most of these tort cases, punitive damages will not be awarded unless there is proof of compensatory or special damages sustained.
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