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Shiv-Ram12/30/2003
bability of a person's being injured by the bed frames, the risk that the injury will be serious is low. Again, there is no evidence indicating that anyone other than Linda required extensive medical treatment, and there is no evidence indicating why Linda required such extensive medical care for what she described as a "goose egg" and a "speck of blood." The third factor, Shiv-Ram's profit from its misconduct, also militates in favor of reducing the punitive-damages award. There is no evidence indicating that Shiv-Ram profited from this misconduct. I believe that a ratio that approaches 3:1 is excessive and that a 1:1 ratio is at the outer bound of what is appropriate in this case. I would, therefore, reduce the ratio to 1:1 and award substantial punitive damages of $176,572.82. Therefore, I respectfully dissent.
BROWN, Justice (dissenting).
I respectfully dissent from the majority's affirmance of the $500,000 punitive-damages award. Based on the record before us, I would reduce the punitive-damages award to $176,572.82, so that the ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages would be 1:1.
STUART, Justice (dissenting).
I join Justice Houston's dissenting opinion. However, I also agree with Justice See and Justice Brown that the evidence in this case justifies at most a 1:1 ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages.
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