Civil Litigation,
California Courts of Appeal
Mar. 1, 2021
Court of Appeal ruling muddies the waters on punitive damages
Every lawyer is always interested in guidance about punitive damages, but unfortunately the 2nd District Court of Appeal has muddied the standard for an award of punitive damages against a corporate defendant.
Timothy D. Reuben
Reuben MediationTim Reuben spent more than 40 years handling complex legal disputes in California's state and federal courts. As the founder and managing partner of Reuben Raucher & Blum in Los Angeles, he has worked on a wide range of matters through jury and bench trials, arbitration, mediation, judicial reference, and settlement conferences across multiple areas of civil law, including commercial, real estate, construction, employment, intellectual property, insurance, professional liability, and unfair competition.
Every lawyer is always interested in guidance about punitive damages, but unfortunately in Morgan v. J-M Manufacturing Company, 2021 DJDAR 1643 (2021), Division 1 of the 2nd District Court of Appeal has muddied the standard for an award of punitive damages against a corporate defendant. In that case, Justice $95
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