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16 NICHOLAS SAFFOS VS. AVAYA INC., ET AL. -- rank: 816

... compensatory damages, they are subject to its general procedural requirements. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(c); Baker , supra , 161 N.J. at 231. The PDA ... if not, the judge must reduce or eliminate the award. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(a). "The statute does not appear to substantially alter the ... case," and, if not, to reduce or eliminate the award. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(a). In this case, he found that it was justified ...

docket:	A3189-08
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2011-03-08
status:	published
citation:	419 N.J. Super. 244 16 A.3d 1076
Document Size:	123574

17 REBECCA MCCARTHY v. CARE ONE MANAGEMENT LLC, -- rank: 816

... 7-4 about the award's reasonableness as required by N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(a). That statute states in pertinent part, 'the trial judge ...

docket:	a2542-19
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2021-07-12
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	70672

18 SELINA BROWN v. COUNTY OF PASSAIC -- rank: 777

... defendant and to deter that defendant from repeating such conduct." N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(a). The judge may reduce or eliminate the award if it does not serve its statutory purpose. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(a). Further, the Court has cautioned that punitive damage awards ...

docket:	a1607-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-06-06
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	69977

19 Lockley v. N.J. Dept. of Corrections -- rank: 767

... ed] the five-to-one ratio contained within the [PDA], N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14,” the court found that it could not “save” an “irredeemably ...

docket:	a-108-01
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2003-08-11
status:
citation:	177 N.J. 413
Document Size:	66715

20 PHILIP J. McCONKEY v. AON CORPORATION et al. -- rank: 758

... award of damages is also within the parameters permitted in N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(b).     We also reject defendants' contention that there is no ...

docket:	a5715-99
court:	njappellate
decided:	2002-07-23
status:	published
citation:	354 N.J. Super. 25
Document Size:	85417

21 ANN BAKER et al. v. THE NATIONAL STATE BANK, (a/k/a CoreStates, its Successor-In-Interest), -- rank: 722

... PDA, which specifically exempts LAD from the punitive damages cap. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14 limits punitive damages to five times the compensatory damages award ...

docket:	A1319-00
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2002-06-21
status:	published
citation:	353 N.J. Super. 145 801 A.2d 1158
Document Size:	83507

22 ELLIOT S. STOMEL v. CITY OF CAMDEN -- rank: 703

... 9 to -5.17, does not apply to CEPA claims, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(c). In any event, because the punitive damages in this ... 000, whichever is greater, would not warrant a reduction. See N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14. We do not view the amount of the punitive damage ...

docket:	a3534-08
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2010-08-10
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	45307

23 ELLIOT S. STOMEL v. CITY OF CAMDEN -- rank: 703

... 9 to -5.17, does not apply to CEPA claims, N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(c). In any event, because the punitive damages in this ... 000, whichever is greater, would not warrant a reduction. See N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14. We do not view the amount of the punitive damage ...

docket:	a3239-08
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2010-08-10
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	47353

24 HAROLD E. SMITH VS ALAN L. WHITAKER, JR. & ET ALS -- rank: 699

... passion and prejudice. Coastal stresses that the Legislature "recently passed N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14," which caps punitive damage awards in most civil actions at ...

docket:	a0457-96
court:	njappellate
decided:	1998-06-15
status:	published
citation:	313 N.J.Super. 165
Document Size:	96605

25 REBEKAH S. ZAKROCKI v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY and FREEHOLD FORD -- rank: 680

... defendant and to deter that defendant from repeating such conduct." N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(a). The award must be an amount that is limited ...

docket:	a5769-06
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2009-07-29
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	118914

26 REBEKAH S. ZAKROCKI v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY and FREEHOLD FORD -- rank: 680

... defendant and to deter that defendant from repeating such conduct." N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(a). The award must be an amount that is limited ...

docket:	a5799-06
court:	New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2009-07-29
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	118922

27 EROL DEVLI v. NORMAN DAVID TASCI -- rank: 641

... be up to five times the award of compensatory damages. N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(b). In deciding whether a punitive damage award violates due ...

docket:	a2573-20
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2022-12-08
status:	Unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	31905

28 CAROL TARR v. BOB CIASULLI'S MACK AUTO MALL, INC. -- rank: 619

... defendant and to deter that defendant from repeating such conduct." N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14. The Act defines punitive damages as "exemplary . . . damages awarded against ...

docket:	a6383-04
court:	njappellate
decided:	2007-02-26
status:	published
citation:	390 N.J. Super. 557
Document Size:	57836

29 ASSOCIATED HUMANE SOCIETIES, INC v. MERRILL LYNCH -- rank: 609

... defendant for compensatory damages or $350,000, whichever is greater." N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(b). This archive is a service of Rutgers School of ...

docket:	a0210-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-10-29
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	33489

30 JOSEPH A. DONELSON v. DuPONT CHAMBERS WORKS -- rank: 606

... damages award of $500,000 falls within the limitation of N.J.S.A. 2A:15-5.14(b), which provides that "[no] defendant shall be liable for ...

docket:	a2028-08_2
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2010-02-24
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	55620