Court Court Rules Punitive Damages Tort 
JURIST
JANUARY 1, 2021
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Thursday that plaintiffs cannot recover punitive damages from the state when a law enforcement officer uses excessive force. Punitive damages are awarded as a way to punish the defendant and to deter that same conduct in the future.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 18, 2022
The jury ruled that Auburn retaliated against Stern for his public criticism of the school’s treatment of student athletes, particularly their alleged favored treatment in the College of Liberal Arts. Notably, the jury awarded punitive damages against the university, a relative rarity for juries but well deserved in this case.
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Day on Torts
DECEMBER 5, 2022
The jury found defendant liable for intentional misrepresentation and awarded plaintiff $243,000 in compensatory damages, which was the purchase price of the home, and $250,000 in punitive damages. First, the Court of Appeals found that defendant waived his argument that the evidence supporting fraud was not legally sufficient.
Day on Torts
JUNE 2, 2021
Where plaintiff alleging defamation was a public figure but had pleaded in the complaint that defendants were “negligent and/or reckless in ascertaining the truth” of the statements, the trial court incorrectly granted judgment on the pleadings on the defamation and false light invasion of privacy claims. internal citation omitted).
JonathanTurley
JULY 7, 2021
The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) showed Kelley as eligible to buy such firearms despite his 2012 conviction by a general court martial of domestic assault on his wife and child. The court ruled that. That should have made him ineligible. The family sued both Prueitt and the company.
Constitutional Law Reporter
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
By a vote of 5-4, the justices held that only a plaintiff concretely harmed by a defendant’s violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) has Article III standing to seek damages against that private defendant in federal court. The FCRA also creates a cause of action for consumers to sue and recover damages for certain violations.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 2, 2022
Even with the reduction of the $5 million in punitive damages to $350,000 under the statutory state cap for punitive damages, Depp was technically awarded $10,350,000. Attorneys are protected by absolute privilege in court in making harmful and even false statements. See Kennedy v. Cannon , 229 Md. Cannon , 229 Md.
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