Lawmakers looking for ways to ensure that oil companies pay for devastating spills have introduced a bill that targets the 2008 Supreme Court decision Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker , which imposed a 1:1 ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages in maritime cases. Some constitutional law scholars and litigators of punitive damages awards say that, although Congress has clear authority to overturn the ruling, the legislation raises other questions without clear answers.
June 01, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Lawmakers looking for ways to ensure that oil companies pay for devastating spills have a new target: a 2008 Supreme Court decision limiting punitive damages in maritime law.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., joined by Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Richard Durbin, D-Ill., Robert Menendez, D-N.J., and Bernard Sanders, I-Vt., introduced a bill this month that would eliminate the 1:1 ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages imposed in Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker (pdf).
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