FLAHERTY, Justice, dissenting. I dissent. This Court has always held that punitive damages must bear some reasonable relationship to compensatory damages, and I perceive no reason to depart from that requirement. See Martin v. Johns-Manville Corp., <a href="/opinion/2381180/martin-v-johns-manville-corp/" aria-description="Citation for case: Martin v. Johns-Manvil…
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