What is the difference between the punitive damages awarded by the jury and the civil penalties authorized or imposed in comparable cases?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Orozco v. Conrad, C086667 (Cal. App. 2020):

difference between the punitive damages awarded by the jury and the civil penalties authorized or imposed in comparable cases.' " (Roby v. McKesson Corp. (2009) 47 Cal.4th 686, 712 (Roby).)

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