JURIST

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Conspiracy theorist radio show host Alex Jones Wednesday was ordered to pay families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims and a first responder approximately $965 million in compensatory damages. million compensatory damages and $45.2 A Connecticut court issued the verdict after four weeks of trial.

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2022

A federal judge Wednesday ordered former Pennsylvania judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan to pay more than $200 million in damages to victims in the 2010 “kids for cash” juvenile detention scandal.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2021

After a six-week trial, the jury awarded the Pilliods approximately $56 million in compensatory damages, $2 billion in punitive damages but the Pilliods agreed to a substantially reduced total award of $86 million.

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2022

The federal jury awarded Beal compensatory damages to the tune of USD 5 million for hearing loss and tinnitus, and USD 72.5 million in punitive damages. 3M intends to appeal the verdict and damages, as well as those of its nine other unfavorable verdicts that it has not yet appealed.

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JURIST

MARCH 30, 2021

.” The bill also establishes a private cause of action in which an individual may “assert an actual or threatened violation of this subchapter as a claim in a judicial or administrative proceeding and obtain compensatory damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or any other appropriate relief.”

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Day on Torts

MARCH 9, 2022

Moreover, the trial court’s ruling that plaintiff could recover attorney’s fees as compensatory damages under the independent tort theory was also affirmed. Where the evidence clearly established the elements of intent and malice in an inducement of breach of contract case, summary judgment for plaintiff was affirmed. Crawford , No.

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Day on Torts

DECEMBER 5, 2022

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. On appeal, the verdict for compensatory damages was affirmed, but the punitive award was vacated and remanded for further proceedings.

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JURIST

MARCH 28, 2022

The complaint demanded an order banning the use of non-lethal weapons on peaceful protesters, as well as compensatory damages and punitive damages. The lawsuit claimed that the Denver police’s excessive force violated the protesters’ First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2021

billion in punitive damages, claiming the 11:1 ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages was excessive. Campbell, which would have imposed a fixed 1:1 ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages for class action suits. Johnson & Johnson also attempted to contest the judgment of $1.6

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The company also seeks an accounting and deletion of all stolen data, as well punitive and compensatory damages. Apple seeks a permanent injunction restraining NSO Group from accessing any Apple devices. NSO Group maintains that the primary function of their software is to help prevent crime.

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JURIST

MAY 17, 2021

The jury awarded Hardeman $75 million in punitive damages, but the federal judge overseeing the trial reduced the punitive damages to $20 million. The jury also awarded Hardeman $5 million in compensatory damages for past and future pain and suffering.

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JURIST

MARCH 24, 2022

A jury for the US District Court for the Northern District of California awarded Comet Technologies $40 million in damages on Wednesday, finding that a rival company had misappropriated trade secrets on equipment used in the manufacturing of semiconductor chips. Comet had sought compensatory damages of $32.5

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2022

The complaint asks the court for relief, including compensatory damages, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and any other relief the court deems appropriate. Therefore, employers are not allowed to initiate mass layoffs due to pandemics without notice to employees prior to termination.

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LegalReader

JUNE 24, 2022

In contrast to compensatory damages, punitive damages are awarded when a defendant commits deliberate, malicious, or fraudulent acts that cause harm to another person.

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Law 360

JUNE 14, 2024

million in compensatory damages Friday to a group of children and adults who experienced severe liver problems after drinking toxin-adulterated "alkaline water," adding to the product maker's legal woes. A Las Vegas jury awarded $89.75

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2024

” With regards to civil liability, any negligent or intentional failure to carry out due diligence will result in compensatory damages for victims. .” It also said that the Commission will instate a “European Network of Supervisory Authorities.”

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Law 360

JANUARY 26, 2024

A Philadelphia jury on Friday hit the makers of weedkiller Roundup with an astronomical $2 billion punitive damages verdict, along with $250 million in compensatory damages, in a case brought by a Pennsylvania man who claimed Monsanto failed to warn users that the product contained carcinogenic chemicals and contributed to his development of cancer. (..)

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Assistant Attorney General Kirsten Clarke of the DOJ Civil Rights Division stated: “Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder are protected by the ADA but too often face discrimination rooted in stereotypes and myths rather than in science.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 4, 2024

A federal judge said Friday she will have to decide count by count whether she can allow a Massachusetts couple suing eBay over a harassment campaign against them to seek punitive damages under California law while pursuing compensatory damages for the same claims under the laws of the pair's home state.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

Cummings sought equitable relief and compensatory damages for emotional distress. Cummings then filed a lawsuit against Premier for discrimination on the basis of her disability, alleging that the company violated federal anti-discrimination laws when refusing to provide her with an interpreter.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Provided the employer prevailed in a lawsuit, they could have sought attorney’s fees, compensatory damages, and exemplary damages of $5,000 for each day a defendant acted in violation of the statute.

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Law 360

JULY 27, 2021

A Washington state jury awarded $185 million Tuesday to three teachers who said toxic chemicals produced by Monsanto were left in light fixtures at their school and caused them brain damage, awarding $50 million total compensatory damages and $45 million to each plaintiff in punitive damages.

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2021

According to Thomas, nominal damages are sufficient for the redressability part of Article 3 standing even if the issue has become moot. In response to this argument, Thomas stated that nominal damages are not purely symbolic.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 5, 2022

million in compensatory damages. The Circus Continues : Alex Jones and the three-ring trial moves to the punitive phase after the jury awards $4.1 High Horses : Russia's justice system is railroading Brittney Griner, but America is more than willing to deliver its own injustices.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 16, 2022

Punitive & compensatory damages awarded. Grieving parents sue conspiracy theorist for defamation.

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LegalReader

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The lawsuit seeks compensatory damages of $1 and a court order overturning Bullhead City's ordinance restricting "food-sharing" in public spaces.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Two companies behind a solar farm have urged a Georgia federal judge to further slash a couple's once $135 million award for erosion runoff damage to their property caused by the neighboring farm, arguing the now $5 million figure still consists of inflated compensatory damages.

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Law 360

MAY 3, 2023

million in compensatory damages and $120 million in punitive damages against Farmers Group Inc. Ex-insurance agents' counsel asked a California jury during closings Wednesday to award $17.24

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Law 360

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A federal district court's decision to hold a credit union liable for $558,000 in compensatory damages over a scammer's use of its services disrupts the framework of fund transfer law and jeopardizes the day-to-day feasibility of the nation's fund-transfer systems, an amicus brief filed in the Fourth Circuit argues.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Victims participate as civil parties, and compensatory damages must be sought non-judicially. Damages are managed by the French Administrative Solidarity Fund paid through Guarantee Funds for Victims of Terrorist Acts and Other Offenses (FGTI). The courts have professional judges instead of a jury.

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LegalReader

MARCH 17, 2022

You are entitled to compensatory damages, which can be economic and non-economic.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

JANUARY 16, 2023

Their lawsuit requests defendants pay their attorney fees, compensatory damages, and an audit of royalty payments since 2015. Two of the three members of “Gap Band,” Robert and Ronnie Wilson’s heir’s suit alleges BMG is in breach of contract over unpaid royalties.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2022

million in compensatory damages and $13.5 million in punitive damages. In April 2021 Judge William Orrick reduced the award to $15 million. Orrick said that the original award was “grossly excessive” and unconstitutional. He revised the award to be $1.5

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Law 360

MAY 6, 2025

A Georgia state judge declared a mistrial as to punitive damages Tuesday in a suit alleging C.R. Bard's ethylene oxide emissions caused a man's cancer, leaving a $20 million compensatory damages verdict in place but inviting a round of briefing on the unusual situation.

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

” As remedy, Johnson seeks $86 billion in compensatory damages, as well as “treble damages” in the amount of $172 billion—as a result of a statute permitting the court to triple the amount of damages—together with attorneys’ fees and the costs of this action.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 18, 2022

Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, two former Pennsylvania judges accused in 2009 of sending hundreds of teenagers to privately run youth detention centers in exchange for millions in kickbacks, and sentenced to decades in prison as a result, have been ordered to pay more than $206 million in damages, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The plaintiffs seek unspecified compensatory damages and restitution for unpaid commissions on the $2.05 million they raised. Allegedly Rescue Dog was promised a […]. The post Film Fridays: Lawsuit Between Producers Over Unpaid Commissions on Chris Pine Film appeared first on THE HOLLYWOOD LAWYER.

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