Punitive damage awards in large counties, 2001 / by Thomas H. Cohen.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Thomas H.

Contributor:

United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Series:

Selected findings

Bureau of Justice Statistics selected findings

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exemplary damages--United States--States.

Exemplary damages.

Exemplary damages--U.S. states.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (9 pages)

Other Title:

At head of title: Civil Justice Survey of State Courts, 2001

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics, [2005]

Summary:

Presents findings on civil trials concluded in 2001 in the Nation's 75 largest counties that produced a punitive damage award. Information reported in numerical tables includes the types of civil cases receiving punitive damages, punitive damage award amounts, a comparison of punitive damages in bench and jury trials, and types of litigants in trials with punitive damages. In addition, information on plaintiff and defendant post-trial and appellate activity in civil trials with punitive damages is presented. Trends in punitive damage awards in civil jury trials during the 1992 and 2001 study periods are also described.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed January 12, 2007).

"March 2005."

"NCJ 208445."

OCLC:

81144526