Insurance
Jun. 2, 2009
Sustaining Damages
Some of the upcoming significant U.S. Supreme Court decisions on punitive damages will focus on jury instructions.
Rex Heeseman
JAMS
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Stanford Univ Law School
Rex Heeseman retired from the Los Angeles Count Superior Court bench in 2014. He is at JAMS, Los Angeles. Besides speaking at various MCLE programs, he co-authors The Rutter Group's practice guide on "Insurance Litigation." From 2002 to 2015, he was an adjunct professor at Loyola Law School.
An oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court last December produced interesting questions and observations. Many accordingly anticipated a decision of some consequence. Instead, on March 31, in Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Williams (so-called "Williams II"), 2009 DJDAR 4838, the court, without any dissent or further comment, stated: "The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted." Before analyzing the impact of this simple statement, some history is appropriate. In litigati...
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