ELR Citation: ELR 20157
No(s). 87-3876 (D.N.J. Sep 5, 1989)

The court reaffirms its earlier ruling that repetitive punitive damages awards for the same wrongful conduct in asbestos cases violate a defendant's rights under the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause. The court first holds that the local rule for reconsideration, rather than the federal rule...