What is the burden of producing evidence of net worth for a plaintiff seeking punitive damages?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Guzman v. Tower Development, Inc., 133 F.3d 927 (9th Cir. 1997):
If a legal issue has not been discussed in any published Guam decision, we look to California as the rule for Guam. People of the Territory of Guam v. Quezada, 905 F.2d 263, 265 (9th Cir.1990). California law requires the plaintiff seeking punitive damages to carry the burden of production of evidence of defendant's net worth. See Adams v. Murakami, 284 Cal.Rptr. 318, 327 (1991); see also Boyle, 13 F.3d at 1359
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