UT · jury_instructions
MUJI 2d CV2027
Amount of punitive damages.
Now that you have decided to award punitive damages, you must determine the amount. Punitive damages should be the amount necessary to fulfill the two purposes of punitive damages: to punish past misconduct and to discourage future misconduct. Your decision should not be arbitrary. The amount must be reasonable and bear some relationship to [name of plaintiff]'s harm. Whether or not to award a specific amount or any amount of punitive damages is left entirely up to you.
Provenance
- Source
- legacy.utcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-22
- Edition
- 2026-08-21
- Content hash
70ca730f3f07662ec464ec0fd1d30b120a5d57092a83e4e71c55948c825cc8ef
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