Routh Wrecker Service, Inc. v. Washington

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• concluding that a ratio of punitive to compensatory damages of 75 to 1 was not grossly excessive because it was well below the 500 to 1 ratio approved by the Supreme Court in BMW of N. Am. v. Gore, 517 U.S. 559 (1996)
• concluding that a ratio of punitive to compensatory damages of 75 to 1 was not grossly excessive because it was well below the 500 to 1 ratio approved by the Supreme Court in BMW of N. Am. v. Gore, 517 U.S. 559, 116 S.Ct. 1589, 134 L.Ed.2d 809 (1996)
• defendant wrongfully accused and swore out an arrest warrant against plaintiff for a crime he did not commit
• defendant wrongfully accused and swore out an arrest warrant against plaintiff for a crime he did not commit
• acknowledging privilege for witness’s testimony in private litigation
• acknowledging privilege for witness’s testimony in private litigation

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