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Recent Examples of punitive damages
The lawsuit seeks $1 billion in actual damages against all the defendants, in addition to $3 billion in punitive damages against both the militant groups and the alleged state sponsors, plus Hezbollah.
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
The settlements come weeks after a Florida jury ordered Tesla to pay $243 million in compensatory and punitive damages to the victims of another fatal 2019 crash of a Model S that was equipped with Autopilot.
—Abhirup Roy, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Bellis later added $473 million in punitive damages, bringing the total libel judgment to $1,436,620,000—believed to be one of the largest in American history.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Dixon seeks $260 million in punitive damages from Perry.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
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Ella Lee, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
The settlements come weeks after a Florida jury ordered Tesla to pay $243 million in compensatory and punitive damages to the victims of another fatal 2019 crash of a Model S that was equipped with Autopilot.
—Abhirup Roy, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Bellis later added $473 million in punitive damages, bringing the total libel judgment to $1,436,620,000—believed to be one of the largest in American history.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
Dixon seeks $260 million in punitive damages from Perry.
—J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Punitive damages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punitive%20damages. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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