What is the test for overturning an award of punitive damages by the Court of Appeal?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Izell v. Union Carbide Corp., 180 Cal.Rptr.3d 382, 231 Cal.App.4th 962 (Cal. App. 2014):
Behr v. Redmond (2011) 193 Cal.App.4th 517, 536537 [123 Cal.Rptr.3d 97] [rejecting contention that "an award of punitive damages must be reversed and retried whenever the Court of Appeal reduces an award of compensatory damages"].)
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