State Ex Rel. Hall v. Cook

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• permitting the jury to assess exemplary damages against multiple tortfeasors in differing amounts according to their degree of culpability
• permitting the jury to assess exemplary damages against multiple tortfeasors in differing amounts according to their degree of culpability
• where evidence supports such a procedure, individual wealth of each defendant is admissible
• discovery allowed of income tax returns dating back to 1959 and every year thereafter
• “The rule is otherwise as to punitive damages which may be properly determined against joint tortfeasors in differing amounts, depending, among other factors, upon the degree of the culpability of each.”

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