4278 REVIEW DENIED Awards of compensatory damages to a catastrophically injured plaintiff and loss of consortium damages to her husband were held to be excessive; a 2:1 ratio of punitive to compensatory damages was found appropriate in view of a highly reprehensible conduct by defendant. (See facts of case for clearer understanding.)CitationBUELL-WILSON v FORD (Explorer Rollover) 141 CA4 525 [See: Rosh v Cave 26 CA4 1225, T/AT 8/94; Hess v Ford 27 C4 516, T/AT 4/02; State Farm v Campbell 538 US 408, T/AT 7/03]
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