SCOTUS Reins In "Excessive" Punitive Damage Awards

Where again in the Constitution does it say outrageous civil damages shall not be awarded because Brand X failed to warn you of the dangers of their product?

Juries in civil cases are intended to compensate victims for their actual losses, not to mete out punishment, said Justice Anthony M. Kennedy for the court.

"Great care must be taken to avoid the use of the civil process to assess" society's punishment, he said. "Punitive damages are not a substitute for the criminal process."