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| Supreme Court eventually overturned the award in the BMW case, providing three guidelines for determining whether punitive awards are excessive: the reprehensibility of the defendant's conduct; whether there is a "reasonable ratio" between punitive and compensatory awards; and a comparison of the punitive damages with the civil or criminal penalties that could be imposed for the same acts. ``The reprehensibility of this defendant is without a doubt most grievous and beyond comparison,'' Fujisaki said, responding to case law the defense attorneys cited in their motions for a new trial and reduction of the award. The high court overturned the award ha the BMW case and provided three guidelines for determining whether punitive awards are excessive: the reprehensibility of the defendant's conduct; whether there is a "reasonable ratio" between punitive and compensatory awards; and a comparison of the punitive damages with the civil or criminal penalties that could be imposed for the same acts. |
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