The compensatory damages were based on an expert economic analysis, forward projecting 30 years of income based on the fact that the business had been operating

The compensatory damages were based on an expert economic analysis, forward projecting 30 years of income based on the fact that the business had been operating since 1885. The damages weren't just to the bakery-- the bakers also owned two apartment buildings that were used as off campus housing by students and their income was damaged there as well. The fact that Oberlin's misconduct has has zero serious consequences for the institution or the culpable staff shows that the punitive damages were far too small. There is little incentive to change their practices to avoid similar incidents in the future.