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· 2/21/1985

Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 91,967 Helen L. Aldrich v. Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc. And George A. Serhal

Citations

  • 756 F.2d 243
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 30537

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that a jury that had awarded $87,500 to each of two jointly and severally liable defendants “intended to award the sum of $175,000 in compensatory damages”
  • remitting award to $1.5 million, which was roughly .9% of defendant's net worth
  • remitting award to $1.5 million, which was roughly .9% of defendant’s net worth
  • \punitive damages need bear no exact relationship to compensatory damages\
  • “punitive damages need bear no exact relationship to compensatory damages”

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Judges: Lumbard, Winter, Pratt

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