Punitive Damages (and) Due Process: Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Haslip
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King, Michael J.
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1992
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Journal Article
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INTRODUCTION|The fourteenth amendment of the United States Constitution guarantees that no person shall be deprived of "life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." In Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. v. Haslip, the United States Supreme Court ruled on whether an Alabama punitive damages award imposed upon an insurance company deprived the company of due process of law under the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution. The Court held that while there might be a time when a punitive damages award may violate due process, the award in this particular case did not deprive the company of property without due process of law...
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25 Creighton L. Rev. 323 (1991-1992)
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Creighton University School of Law