Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Benz v. Reddy
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2002No. 00-56707; D.C. No. CV-97-06116-ERPublished
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Prem Reddy (“Reddy”) appeals a judgment entered jointly and severally against him and PrimeCare International (“Prime-Care”) for $900,000 compensatory damages and $3,000,000 punitive damages.1 We vacate the judgment and order a new trial as to liability and amount of compensatory damages and the availability and amount of punitive damages.
Because the parties are familiar with the facts and procedural history, we do not restate them here except as necessary to explain our disposition. The judgment was entered against defendants after a jury trial in which the jury found Reddy and…
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