Punitive damages present a significant issue in American law. Phillip Morris v. Williams - the United States Supreme Court's most recent foray into punitive damages litigation - has once again raised procedural and substantive due process matters regarding fairness to defendants and reawakened...

Punitive damages is a controversial topic in American law. Defenders of punitive damages see these awards as a useful mechanism for sanctioning and deterring egregious conduct, particularly the conduct of corporations not subject to the sanctions of the criminal law but still harmful to society....