A federal appeals court has ruled that Virginia’s $350,000 punitive damages cap applies on a per-plaintiff basis in a case against white supremacists who organized the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville in 2017. The court’s decision reverses a federal district court’s ruling that limited the punitive damages to $350,000 aggregate for all eight plaintiffs. The jury had initially awarded over $26 million in damages, including $24 million in punitive damages, against the defendants. The appeals court’s decision could significantly impact the final damages amount.
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