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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Governor Arnold suggests that the State of California receive 3/4 of all awards of punitive damages.
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I think 100% of the punitives should go to a state fund to provide health insurance to the uninsured.
The policy reasons for allowing punitive damages are not to compensate the victim. They are to punish the wrongdoer, so it is ridiculous to give this windfall to the plaintiff. The plaintiff gets the compensatory damages and is made whole.
The governator isn't the first to propose this. I remember hearing these proposals in Torts class.
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