Blume v. Fred Meyer, Inc.

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• upholding a $450,000 punitive award on a $25,000 compensatory award, a ration of 18 to 1
• affirming verdict against retail store imposing compensatory damages of $25,000 and punitive damages of $450,000 for employee’s false arrest of store customer
• affirming verdict against retail store imposing compensatory damages of $25,000 and punitive damages of $450,000 for employee's false arrest of store customer
• store practice of randomly detaining shoppers and asking for receipts without probable cause of shoplifting justified punitive damage award 18 times greater than compensatory damage award
• practice of randomly detaining shoppers without cause had great potential for harm

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).