Topic: Damage Caps

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Norm Pattis discusses the $4.1 million compensatory damage verdict, noting that Texas law has caps that should limit punitive damages to approximately $1.5 million. He criticizes the plaintiffs' strategy of turning a tort case into a general assault on the First Amendment. Pattis expresses concern that the court might attempt to "write new law" on Jones's back to bypass existing legal protections.