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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 510.265

Limitations on punitive damages in certain cases

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker (2008)

Most recently applied in Lindenberg v. Jackson Nat'l Life Ins. Co. (September 2016)

Effective: 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories; (L. 2005 H.B. 393, A.L. 2020 S.B. 591)

1. No award of punitive damages against any defendant shall exceed the greater of:

(1) Five hundred thousand dollars; or

(2) Five times the net amount of the judgment awarded to the plaintiff against the defendant.

2. The provisions of this section and sections 510.261 and 510.263 shall not apply to civil actions brought under section 213.111 that allege a violation of section 213.040, 213.045, 213.050, or 213.070, to the extent that the alleged violation of section 213.070 relates to or involves a violation of section 213.040, 213.045, or 213.050, or subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 213.070 as it relates to housing.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.