James Trickey v. Kaman Industrial Technologies

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Addressing the third . . . guidepost, this court must also compare damages awarded in similar civil cases.”
• reducing punitive damages awarded under the Missouri Human Rights Act, which at that time provided that a court \may award to the plaintiff actual and punitive damages\ without any cap
• upholding a $500,000 punitive damages award and a $100,000 compensatory damages award
• “We conclude that a 5:1 ratio is within constitutional limits. This is not a case involving a ratio exceeding single digits.”
• \We conclude that a 5:1 ratio is within constitutional limits. This is not a case involving a ratio exceeding single digits.\
• considering net worth of defendant- as relevant to the analysis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).