CAMPBELL v. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO.

No. 981564.

98 P.3d 409 (2004)

2004 UT 34

Inez Preece CAMPBELL and Matthew C. Barneck, Special Administrator and Personal Representative of the Estate of Curtis B. Campbell, Plaintiffs, Appellees, and Cross-Appellants, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Appellant, and Cross-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Utah.

April 23, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Rich Humpherys, Roger P. Christensen, Karra J. Porter, Salt Lake City, Laurence H. Tribe, Kenneth J. Chesebro, Cambridge, MA, W. Scott Barrett, Logan, for plaintiffs.

Glenn C. Hanni, Paul M. Belnap, Stuart H. Schultz, Michael D. Zimmerman, James D. Gardner, Amy F. Sorenson, Salt Lake City, Sheila L. Birnbaum, New York, NY, for defendant.

George C. Harris, San Francisco, CA, for amici National Association of Independent Insurers, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, United Services Automobile Association, Farmers Group of Insurance Companies, SAFECO Insurance Company of America.


NEHRING, Justice:

¶ 1 We take up this case after remand from the United States Supreme Court, which held that the imposition of a $145 million punitive damages award against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company in favor of State Farm's insured, Curtis B. Campbell, and his wife, Inez Preece Campbell, was excessive and violated the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co...

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