Insurance
May 17, 2008
Price Fixing
A recent appellate court decision differed from similar cases in that it overturned all issues related to punitive damages, but nothing else.
Rex Heeseman
JAMS
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Stanford Univ Law School
Rex Heeseman retired from the Los Angeles Count Superior Court bench in 2014. He is at JAMS, Los Angeles. Besides speaking at various MCLE programs, he co-authors The Rutter Group's practice guide on "Insurance Litigation." From 2002 to 2015, he was an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School.
By Rex Heeseman
This article appears on Page 7
In the wake of the blockbuster decision in Philip Morris USA v. Williams, 127 S.Ct. 1057 (2007) ("Williams"), including related remand orders by the U.S. Supreme Court, several decisions chose between two options: reaffirm the prior ruling in its entirety, or remand for a retrial, solely on the amount of the punitive damages. Holdgrafer v. Unocal Cor...
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