I believe SCOTUS precedent hold that punitive damages in ratio to actual damages of more than 9 or 10 to 1 is a due process violation. That may be what’s referred to in the article
Good reply.
I was wondering what he was referencing.
This is what I found searching after your reply-
According to the court, “Few awards exceeding a single-digit ratio between punitive and compensatory damages... will satisfy due process.”
State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. v. Campbell, 538 U.S. 408 (2003)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/538/408/