Punitive Damages in Arbitration: Garrity v. Lyle Stuart, Inc. Reconsidered

Stipanowich, Thomas

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Punitive Damages in Arbitration: Garrity v. Lyle Stuart, Inc. Reconsidered

Thomas Stipanowich

Pepperdine University School of Law

1986

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 66, No. 5, p. 953, 1986

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In this article, Professor Stipanowich discusses the evolution of arbitration as a wide-ranging “surrogate” for civil trial and the debate over arbitrators’ power to levy awards of punitive or exemplary damages. He exhaustively summarizes and analyzes relevant court decisions, policy and practical concerns.

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Keywords: Arbitration, punitive damages, exemplary damages, statutory damages, punitive awards, arbitration awards

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Date posted: May 17, 2012

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Stipanowich, Thomas, Punitive Damages in Arbitration: Garrity v. Lyle Stuart, Inc. Reconsidered (1986). Boston University Law Review, Vol. 66, No. 5, p. 953, 1986. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2061801

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