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Mignone v. Mo. Dep't of Corr., 546 S.W.3d 23 (2018)

Citation
Mignone v. Mo. Dep't of Corr., 546 S.W.3d 23 (2018)
Parent Document
Mignone v. Mo. Dep't of Corr., 546 S.W.3d 23 (2018)
Jurisdiction
Missouri (state)
Effective Date
2018-02-06

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In this case the ratio between $100,000 in actual damages and $1,000,000 in punitive damages does not violate due process principles. Although the ratio was ten-to-one, Missouri courts have approved punitive damages awards in MHRA cases with even higher ratios between the actual and punitive damage awards. We recently collected several such cases in McGhee v. Schreiber Foods, Inc. , 502 S.W.3d 658, 675 (Mo. App. W.D. 2016) :