Supreme court held that a punitive damage award of $2 million to customer who purchased a new car without knowledge that it had been repainted was grossly excessive and hence violative of the due process clause.
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Gif. In bmw v gore, the supreme court held that a state court's award of punitive damages was so excessive that it violated the due process clause. In three other recent cases, the court had rejected due process challenges to large awards of punitive damages.
The alabama supreme court reduced that amount to two million on appeal. In bmw of north america v. Bmw of north america, inc.
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Bmw of north america, inc. Bmw went for the hail mary and appealed to the. In light of increasing punitive damages awards, the united states supreme court formulated criteria for evaluating whether a punitive damages award is so unreasonably large that it violates substantive due process. The documentary tells the story of this important supreme court case through the people involved: