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Statutory Caps on Punitive Damages

Piyush Peter Nayyar, William C. Darby and Robert Weinstock
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online March 2024, 52 (1) 119-121; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.230126L2-23
Piyush Peter Nayyar
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Robert Weinstock
Health Sciences Clinical ProfessorDepartment of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral SciencesDavid Geffen School of MedicineUniversity of California Los AngelesLos Angeles, California
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vol. 52 no. 1 119-121
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https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.230126L2-23

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  • Published online March 11, 2024.

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  1. Piyush Peter Nayyar, MD, MBA
  1. Psychiatry Resident
  1. William C. Darby, MD
  1. Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
  1. Robert Weinstock, MD
  1. Health Sciences Clinical Professor

    Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
    David Geffen School of Medicine
    University of California Los Angeles
    Los Angeles, California

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Piyush Peter Nayyar, William C. Darby, Robert Weinstock
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online Mar 2024, 52 (1) 119-121; DOI: 10.29158/JAAPL.230126L2-23

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