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Compensatory damages equal to amount plaintiff paid for home affirmed in fraud case.

Day on Torts

Further, where the fraud was related to the purchase of plaintiff’s home, and the jury awarded plaintiff the amount she paid for the home in compensatory damages, that award was affirmed. M2021-01335-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 17175608 (Tenn. 23, 2022), the issues revolved around plaintiff’s purchase of a home. In Hogue v.

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Elon Musk and his companies sued for $258B over alleged cryptocurrency pyramid scheme

JURIST

Ultimately, Johnson sold his Dogecoin in June 2022 for a loss of approximately 70% of his investment. According to Johnson, this caused the crypto’s price to fluctuate. Johnson claimed he purchased Dogecoin in April of 2021 as a result of Musk’s conduct.

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Judgment for damages void where defendant was not served with amended omplaint.

Day on Torts

April 1, 2022), plaintiff filed this negligence suit against defendant after the two were involved in a car accident. Plaintiff’s initial complaint was filed in May 2009 and sought $1 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages. In Higgins v. McCord , No. M2021-00789-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. Code Ann. §

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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

Constitutional Law Reporter

Empire Health Foundation: The case involves a provision of the Medicare statute, which provides that a hospital that serves a “significantly disproportionate number of low-income patients” may receive an additional payment for treating Medicare patients, known as the disproportionate-share-hospital adjustment. 1395l(t)(12).”.

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Abortion Rights Took Center Stage During Busy Week for Supreme Court

Constitutional Law Reporter

Empire Health Foundation: The case involves a provision of the Medicare statute, which provides that a hospital that serves a “significantly disproportionate number of low-income patients” may receive an additional payment for treating Medicare patients, known as the disproportionate-share-hospital adjustment. 1395l(t)(12).”.

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Chancery court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over defamation tort claims.

Day on Torts

Where the gravamen of plaintiff’s complaint was his tort claim for defamation seeking unliquidated damages, the chancery court did not have subject matter jurisdiction and the case should have been transferred to circuit court. In Lowery v. Redmond , No. W2021-00611-COA-R3-CV (Tenn. internal citation omitted).

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Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? – Conference in Augsburg, Germany

Conflict of Laws

This paradigm shift could also be observed in proposals to focus more on what is necessary to achieve adequate deterrence when deciding on whether and how much to award in cases in which punitive damages are a possibility. French courts, on the other hand, seemed to apply a rather general proportionality test.