Law Talk: When Punitive Damages Aren’t So Punitive

We discuss when punitive damages (especially in Connecticut) aren’t really so punitive, as well as damages for Bystander Emotional Distress (completing our trilogy of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress; Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress, and now Bystander Emotional Distress. Listener email included answers to: "When my property is damaged, who gets the insurance proceeds, me or the bank holding my mortgage?" and (from a bunch of guys hanging out and watching the Bruins): "Is there really such a thing as a Citizen’s Arrest?"