Reviving punitive damages claims for victims of 1994's Northridge earthquake didn't violate constitutional prohibitions against ex post facto laws, a California appeals court ruled Wednesday. An insurance company had taken issue with a law enacted to revive certain time-barred insurance claims, including punitive damages for bad faith. The law, which adds a year to the statute of limitations, was passed in response to charges of rampant mishandling of insurance claims after the earthquake.
April 01, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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