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• maintaining that Wexford, as a private corporation, “cannot be vicariously liable if its employees deprive others of their civil rights”
• indicating that a new trial may be granted on both liability and damages if the jury’s damages analysis was based on “passion or prejudice or otherwise disobeyed the district court’s instructions”
• noting the variations on damages caps among the states, declining to apply state law caps to punitive damages under § 1983, and considering whether federal caps should apply
• noting the variations on damages caps among the states, declining to apply state law caps to punitive damages under § 1983, and considering whether federal caps should apply
• “By our count (and with some simplifications), twenty-nine states impose a generally applicable cap on punitive damages”

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