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Icicle Seafoods, Inc. v. Clausen

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on October 1, 2012.

Docket No.11-1475
Op. BelowWash.

Issue

(1) Whether, in determining the ratio between compensatory and punitive damages for purposes of applying federal limits on punitive damages, court-awarded attorney"s fees are properly included as compensatory damages; and (2) whether, and to what extent, punitive damages in maritime cases may exceed the 1:1 ratio between compensatory and punitive damages applied by the Court"s Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker decision.

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