这种削减让BP有理由期望此次的惩罚性赔偿金将相对适中。
That reduction should provide grounds for BP to hope that punitive damages will be relatively modest.
在2003年涉及国家农场共同汽车保险公司(State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance)的案件中，美国最高法院裁定惩罚性赔偿的金额通常应以赔偿金的十倍为上限。
In a 2003 case involving State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, the Supreme Court ruled that punitive damages should normally be capped at ten times the compensatory damages.
但在针对企业的轻率诉讼和过度的惩罚性损害赔偿上，他持有保守的观点。
But he took a conservative view of frivolous lawsuits against corporations and excessive punitive damages.
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