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OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP. v. BALLARD

No. 92,963.

749 So.2d 483 (1999)

OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Petitioner, v. Deward BALLARD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur J. England, Jr. of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, Florida, and Larry L. Simms of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.

John F. Venable of Venable and Venable, P.A., Tampa, Florida, and Daniel F. O'Shea of Ratiner, Reyes and O'Shea, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Respondent.

ANSTEAD, J.

We accepted jurisdiction to answer the following question certified to be of great public importance:

IS THE STATUTORY PRESUMPTION AS TO EXCESSIVE PUNITIVE DAMAGES, FOUND IN SECTION 768.73(1), FLORIDA STATUTES, OVERCOME IN A CASE WHERE THE PUNITIVE DAMAGES AWARD IS ALMOST 18 TIMES THE COMPENSATORY DAMAGES AWARDED, WHEN IT IS BASED ON CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT THE AWARD WAS LESS THAN 2% OF THE DEFENDANT COMPANY'S NET WORTH, AND THAT THE...

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