(Clockwise, from top left) Supreme Court Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz and Justices Charles T. Canady, John Couriel, Jorge Labarga and Jamie Grosshans. (Credit: Courtesy photo/J. Albert Diaz/ALM)
The Florida Supreme Court ruled that a trial judge in a wrongful-death action must use judicial discretion on whether a punitive damages award a jury returned is reasonable in comparison to both the compensatory damage award and the injury that the beneficiaries suffered.
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Michael A. Mora
Michael was born and raised in South Florida. He went to undergrad at Florida Atlantic University and earned his master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the crypto litigation reporter for Law.com, as well as an editor for ALM Global. You can email him at [email protected].
