Franklin Branham v. Dianne Ross Branham (mem. dec.)

How courts have described this case

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• vacating punitive damages award where although the record contained some evidence 9 of the defendant’s financial condition, the plaintiff nevertheless failed to meet her burden to place 10 “meaningful evidence” of financial condition and ability to pay.
• “The record [] must contain sufficient evidence of [a 17 defendant’s] assets, income, and liabilities and expenses for the punitive damages award to stand.”
• “The rule established by lower California courts is that only net, not gross, figures are relevant.”
• “It is the 5 plaintiff’s burden to place into the record ‘meaningful evidence of the defendant’s financial 6 condition to support a defendant’s ability to pay.’” (citing Adams)
• “We must avoid reversing a jury verdict for lack of evidence or 9 alleged double recovery if the verdict is capable of a ‘correct interpretation’ that is not 10 illegal, and if the verdict is not ‘hopelessly ambiguous.’”
• upholding exclusion of expert legal opinion

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