Katrina punitive damages award reduction order [US DC] News
Katrina punitive damages award reduction order [US DC]

Norman J. Broussard et al. v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, US District Judge L.T. Senter, US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, January 31, 2007 [reducing a $2.5 million punitive damage award to $1 million in a Hurricane Katrina insurance case, finding the award excessive at twelve times the amount of economic damages awarded]. Read the full text of the order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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