Punitive Damages Cannot Punish Defendant For Unrelated Acts,California Court Finds

摘要

The California Court of Appeal overturned a 5 million punitive damages award against Unocal Corp.March 4,finding that the oil company's due process rights were violated because the jury was allowed to consider evidence of two previous,unrelated oil spills in determining punitive damages (Holdgrafer v.Unocal Corp.,Cal.Ct.App.,No.B175953,3/4/08).