美国“分割赔偿金”制度探析

On American Split-Recovery

"分割赔偿金"是美国惩罚性赔偿改革的措施之一,主要用于克服原告为了获得巨额赔偿金而滥用司法程序的弊端,其可产生提高司法系统效率、促进双方当事人进行和解等效果,但遭受到来自美国宪法修正案等方面的质疑。同时,该制度的诞生引发了美国重新解读惩罚性赔偿的热潮。

＂Split-recovery＂ is one of the measures to reform the American punitive damages, it is mainly used to overcome the shortcomings that the plaintiff abuses the judicial procedures, and the ＂split-recovery＂ can improve the efficiency of the judicial system and the success rate of reconciliation, but it has been questioned by the United States Constitutional Amendments, and so on. Meanwhile, this system is a re-interpretation of the punitive damages.