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Report Link Third Circuit Applies 1:1 Ratio for Punitive Damages Where Compensatory Damages Were Substantial and Defendants’ Conduct Not Especially Reprehensible.Ogletree Deakins - January 20, 2009 In this insurance bad faith case, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals revisited the oft-litigated question of the proper ratio between compensatory and punitive damages, reducing the punitive award from a 3.13:1 ratio to a 1:1 ratio. Report Link Eighth Circuit Reverses Punitive Damages Award in Sexual Harassment Case.Ford & Harrison LLP - August 08, 2007 In a significant decision addressing when punitive damages are appropriate in a Title VII sexual harassment claim, the Eighth Circuit has held that an employer's good faith efforts to comply with Title VII were sufficient to avoid liability for such damages. See Dominic v. DeVilbiss Air Power Co. (July 20, 2007). In this case, in which Ford & Harrison attorneys represented the employer on appeal, the Eighth Circuit reversed the jury's punitive damages award of $250,000 against the employer. The court held that the jury should not have been permitted to consider the issue of punitive damages because of the employer's good faith efforts to comply with Title VII. Report Link Eleventh Circuit Affirms $25,000 Compensatory Award Based On The Employer's Constructive Knowledge Of Workplace Harassment But Reverses Punitive Damages Award.Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt - February 02, 2002 Discusses Miller v. Kenworth of Dothan, 7 D.L.R. A-3to A-4 (11th Cir., January 10, 2002), in which the court reversed a punitive damages award because the employer did not act with actual malice or reckless indifference to the plaintiff's federally protected rights where it lacked actual knowledge of the harassment. Report Link Punitive Damages Awardable Without Compensatory Damages.Ballard Rosenberg Golper & Savitt - November 30, 2001 Discusses Cush-Crawford v. Adchem Corp. (2nd Cir. 11/16/01), in which the court affirmed a jury verdict of $100,000, based on punitive damages only in a Title VII sexual harassment suit.
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