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

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from North Carolina on Monday over the constitutionality of a state law allowing employers to sue employees working as undercover investigators. The challenged statute, N.C. The court stated that the law substantially “burden[ed] newsgathering and publishing activities.”

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 23, 2021

The fatal shooting at Bonanza Creek Ranch already has the makings of a blockbuster tort action. ” The question is not whether but when the first torts lawsuit will be filed. (b) What is clear is that there is an abundance of evidence to support a tort action even at this early stage.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 23, 2024

It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. The first block then focused on the origin, scope, and, particularly, on the purpose of punitive damage awards. Rademacher then analysed whether punitive elements could be found in German tort law.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. For Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. 47 U.S.C. § The second jury returned a verdict for $38,000.00 Craigslist, Inc. ,

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

which the Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday, is about the types of remedies that plaintiffs may recover when they prove violations of certain federal anti-discrimination laws — in particular, whether such plaintiffs may recover damages for emotional distress. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

20-219 , asks whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the statutes that incorporate its remedies, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act , include compensation for emotional distress. The solicitor general recommends the court grant review. Cummings v. Cummings v.

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