Twice during 2003 the U pre-eminen...

Twice during 2003 the U pre-eminent Court sent a clear message to lower courts handing on the outside massive punitive damage awards: of the like kind large judgments are unconstitutional, and they'll be struck down. That's a bulky benefit to insurance companies trying to assess what may occur hereafter risks.

The first ruling came in April, when the justices rul in favor of State Farm Insurance in a Utah case, Campbell v State Farm, and said there must be limits to the amount of punitive damages