Honeywell v. Sterling Furniture Co.

*208GILLETTE, J.

The questions in this case concern how much a jury should be told concerning to whom the distribution of an award of punitive damages will be made1 and whether a plaintiffs attorney’s share of a jury’s award of punitive damages may be used to offset a court’s award of attorney fees that a plaintiff may receive under the Oregon Unlawful Trade Practices Act (UTPA). We hold that a jury should be told nothing concerning the distribution of an award of punitive damages, and that no part of such an award may be used to offset attorney fees otherwise awardable under the Oregon UTPA.

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