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2002

Robert A. Olson Robin Meadow

Surgin Surgical Instrumentation, Inc. v. Truck Ins. Exchange (June 20, 2002, G026258) 2002 WL 1353376 [nonpublished opinion]

Reversal of $59.8 million default judgment based on terminating discovery sanctions in insurance bad faith case

2001

Robert A. Olson

Ricketts v. The Farmers Group, Inc. (2001) 2001 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 1391

Claim for wrongful termination of an insurer’s in-house (“staff”) counsel

2001

Robert A. Olson

Sonnier v. Farmers Insurance Exchange (2001, B141794)

Challenge to independent contractor discharge (settled before decision)

2001

Guardian Post-Acute Services, Inc. v. Superior Court (2001, H021342)

Criminal information filed against healthcare provider did not suffice, without more, to allow punitive damages to be sought in civil action

2000

Kent L. Richland

Cruz v. HomeBase (2000) 83 Cal.App.4th 160

Punitive damages judgment reversed because security supervisor not “managing agent”

1999

Robert A. Olson Robin Meadow

Pelz v. Weider Management, Inc. (1999, C025517)

Impact of plaintiff’s refusal to testify under Fifth Amendment in fraud action

1998

Robert A. Olson

Butcher v. Rolling Hills Country Club (1998, B105846)

New trial after $10 million punitive damage verdict concerning drainage from a neighboring property

1996

Robert A. Olson Robin Meadow

BMW v. Gore (1996) 517 U.S. 559

Constitutional limits on right to recover punitive damages (amicus curiae brief)

1993

Kent L. Richland

Looney v. Superior Court (1993) 16 Cal.App.4th 521

Threshold proof of “malice, oppression or fraud” must be viewed through “clear and convincing” standard

1992

Kent L. Richland

Central Pathology Service Medical Clinic, Inc. v. Superior Court (1992) 3 Cal.4th 181

MICRA punitive damages provisions apply to claimed intentional torts