JURIST
OCTOBER 23, 2022
Families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Connecticut school shooting filed a motion Friday asking a Connecticut judge to order controversial talk radio host Alex Jones to pay hefty punitive damages, on top of the nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages Jones has been ordered to pay by a jury in the defamation case.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Connecticut Judge Barbara Bellis Thursday ruled that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay $473 million in punitive damages on top of a nearly $1 billion verdict handed down last month, for his defamatory statements about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting.
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LLRX
JULY 25, 2021
Four highlights from this week: Protect your smartphone from radio-based attacks; New emergency weather alerts set to begin in July - here's what they mean; Accused Capitol Rioter Forced to Unlock Laptop With Face Recognition; and Connecticut pushes cybersecurity with offers of punitive damage protection.
The Crime Report
JULY 28, 2021
on Tuesday offered to pay nearly $33 million to nine families to settle lawsuits that claimed that its marketing of firearms contributed to the 2012 Sandy Hook school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, where 26 people died, reports Reuters. Remington Arms Co. The proposed settlements would provide $3.66
The Crime Report
AUGUST 5, 2021
arguing that the gunmakers’ activities violated Connecticut and Massachusetts consumer protection laws. Mexico also seeks punitive damages and disgorgement of the gun-makers’ profits. The government claims that up to 90 percent of all guns recovered at Mexican crime scenes were trafficked from the U.S.,
Conflict of Laws
OCTOBER 2, 2022
Claims for relief are (as stated in the complaint): Negligence, public nuisance, defective condition – unreasonably dangerous, negligence per se , gross negligence, unjust enrichment and restitution, violation of CUTPA [Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act], Violation of Mass. 93A [Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act], punitive damages.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Developments over the past month in other pending cases seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for contributing to climate change included the following: In Connecticut v. Exxon Mobil Corporation moved to dismiss Connecticut’s action on personal jurisdiction grounds (November 13). Exxon Mobil Corporation , No. 3:20-cv-01555 (D.
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