Yesterday, one of the members of Straight Dope started a message-board debate about the proper recipient of a punitive damages award. It’s worth a read if you want to see what some thoughtful non-lawyers think about punitive damages policies.
Split-Recovery Statutes
Should Punitive Damages Go to the Plaintiff? To the State? To Charity?
August 25, 2010
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