惩罚性赔偿又称惩戒性赔偿,是指给原告的赔偿超过其实际损害的赔偿,它从一产生就有很大争议。随着严格产品责任的产生和发展,由于惩罚性赔偿判决数额之高以及它在个别产品领域出现的频率之高,在产品责任案件中尤其引起人们的关注。另外,人们将20世纪七八十年代美国产品责任危机 Punitive damages, also known as disciplinary damages, refers to compensation for the plaintiff more than the actual damage compensation, it arises from a very controversial. With the emergence and development of rigorous product liability, particular attention has been drawn to product liability cases due to the high number of punitive damages and the high frequency of occurrences in individual product areas. In addition, the crisis of product liability in the United States in the seventies and eighties of the twentieth century