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Punitive Damages Cases by Robert A. Olson
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Perez v. Fire Insurance Exchange (2005) 2005 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 11757
Reduction of $25 million punitive damage award to $711,000 in insurance bad faith judgment in farm tractor accident
Robert A. Olson
Alexander v. Farmers Group, Inc. (2004) 2004 Cal.App. Unpub. LEXIS 5685
Independent contractor claims for fraudulent inducement of employment barred by statute of limitations and parol evidence rule
Robert A. Olson
, Peter O. Israel
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
Robert A. Olson
, Peter O. Israel
Sonnier v. Farmers Insurance Exchange (2001, B141794)
Challenge to independent contractor discharge (settled before decision)
Robert A. Olson
, Peter O. Israel
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
Robert A. Olson
Surgin Surgical Instrumentation, Inc. v. Truck Ins. Exchange (1998) 76 Cal.Rptr.2d 303
Reversal of $59.8 million default judgment based on terminating discovery sanctions in insurance bad faith case
Irving H. Greines
, Robin Meadow
, 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
Robert A. Olson
, Alan Diamond
BMW v. Gore (1996) 517 U.S. 559
Constitutional limits on right to recover punitive damages (amicus curiae brief)
Irving H. Greines
, Robin Meadow
, Robert A. Olson
, Barbara W. Ravitz
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