Vivian Mattison Morty Ronald Mattison v. Dallas Carrier Corporation

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit · Decided 1991-11-21

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OPINION NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge: Although punitive damages have been awarded in the United States in diverse circumstances for approximately two hundred years, only recently have they been awarded in such amount and with such frequency that the activity has awakened a constitutional conscience about them. In this case we hold that the South Carolina law for aw…

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