Stroud v. Lints

How courts have described this case

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• providing that a staggering punitive damages award traps the plaintiff and defendant forever in a creditor-debtor relationship
• finding punitive damages were excessive given that defendant was a 17-year-old whose sole source of income was as a participant in a work release program, who had no ability to pay the award, and who had no significant assets
• “The defendant’s wealth is ordinarily cited as a reason to escalate a punitive award, and that is consistent with the goal of deterrence. But that door swings both ways. An award that not only hurts but permanently cripples the defendant goes too far.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).