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To: Bill Ulrich who wrote (760)	4/30/1999 5:31:00 PM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3795

"Ginsberg" Fourth, and perhaps most important, in product liability cases, Oregon requires that punitive damages, if any, be awarded based on seven substantive criteria, set forth in Ore. Rev. Stat. §30.925(3) (1991): "(a) The likelihood at the time that serious harm would arise from the defendant's misconduct; %(b) The degree of the defendant's awareness of that likelihood; %(c) The profitability of the defendant's misconduct; %(d) The duration of the misconduct and any concealment of it; %(e) The attitude and conduct of the defendant upon discovery of the misconduct; %(f) The financial condition of the defendant; and %(g) The total deterrent effect of other punishment imposed upon the defendant as a result of the misconduct, including, but not limited to,punitive damage awards to persons in situations similar to the claimant's and the severity of criminal penalties to which the defendant has been or may be subjected."