MYRETTA ADAMS, as Conservator, etc., Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
CLIFFORD MURAKAMI, Defendant and Appellant.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
August 15, 1991.
August 15, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Kirtland & Packard, Horvitz, Levy & Amerian, Horvitz & Levy, Barry R. Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, S. Thomas Todd, Loren Homer Kraus, Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Irving H. Greines, Alan G. Martin, J. Richard Jennings, Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Curtis A. Cole, Patricia H. Wirth and Steven J. Bernheim for Defendant and Appellant.
Fred J. Hiestand, Haight, Brown & Bonesteel and Roy G. Weatherup as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.
Kaufler & Scott, Kaufler, Bailey & Scott, Philip Kaufler, Lawrence W. Scott and Gary H. Amsterdam for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Ian Herzog, Douglas Devries, Leonard Sachs, Bruce Broillet, David Harney, Laurence Drivon, Robert Steinberg, Roland Wrinkle, Harvey R. Levine, Leonard Esquina and Evan D. Marshall as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
BAXTER, J.
The question in this personal injury action is twofold: (1) Is evidence of a defendant's financial condition a prerequisite to an award of punitive damages? (2) If so, is the burden on the plaintiff rather than on the defendant to introduce evidence of the defendant's financial condition? We answer both questions in the affirmative. Our prior decisions, constitutional...
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