2254 Under a statute that authorizes the award of punitive damages in an amount up to two times compensatory damages, no award of punitive damages can be made without evidence of defendant's net worth.
CLOUD v MIKESELL (Unfair Trade Practices) 69 CA4 1141 [See: Ripley v Pappadopoulos 23 CA4 1616; Adams v Murakami 54 C3 105; Lara v Cadag 13 CA4 1061, T/AT 4/93; Kenly v Ukegawa 16 CA4 49, T/AT 8/93; Cummings v Occupational 10 CA4 1291, T/AT 1/93; Rich v Schwab 63 CA4 803, T/AT 6/98]
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