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JURIST
AUGUST 7, 2022
A Texas jury has decided that conspiracy theorist radio host Alex Jones must pay punitive damages to the tune of USD 45.2 These damages, awarded on Friday, relate to a defamation lawsuit. million in compensatory damages to Lewis’ parents, who sought USD 150 million.
SCOTUSBlog
MAY 7, 2021
Share This week we highlight petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether an award of punitive damages that doubles the compensatory damages can comport with due process and how a defendant can prove ineffective assistance of counsel in rejecting a plea offer.
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LegalReader
JUNE 2, 2022
As a general rule larger amounts of compensation tend to be available to victims who have sustained very serious and life changing injuries. .
HowAppealing
APRIL 13, 2021
“Court: Florida prisoner can seek punitive damages.” ” Jim Saunders of The News Service of Florida has this report on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued Friday. The en banc majority opinion is notable because it was jointly written by Chief Judge William H. Pryor Jr. and Circuit Judge Beverly B. Martin , who often find themselves on opposite ends of the spectrum when prisoner rights are at issue.
HowAppealing
JUNE 4, 2021
“Justices Sticking to Punitive Damage Limits After J&J Case”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report
LegalReader
MARCH 30, 2022
According to legal experts, more and more jurisdictions are trying to limit punitive damage awards viewed as over-the-top and as outrageous as the behavior they’re trying to punish.
Above The Law
AUGUST 8, 2022
Puny Punitives : Alex Jones got rocked on punitives, but Texas law doesn't care about juries so he'll be just fine. The post Everything’s Bigger In Texas Except Punitive Damages — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.
LegalReader
MAY 18, 2022
Penalties through the civil courts come in the form of punitive damages. Lawsuits & Litigation driving drunk drunk drunk drivers drunk driving accident drunk-driving laws
ABA Journal
DECEMBER 20, 2021
The former legal chief for Farmers Insurance was awarded $150 million in punitive damages Thursday in a wrongful termination lawsuit claiming that he was wrongly…
ABA Journal
DECEMBER 14, 2021
A Florida judge can seek punitive damages against a lawyer she accused of threatening to release her nude photos unless she acquiesced to his demands…
Conflict of Laws
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
On Thursday 14 October 2021 an online M-EPLI roundtable will take place on private international law issues relating to the recognition and enforcement of foreign (mostly US) punitive damages judgments in countries outside of Europe. The event is organised by Lotte Meurkens and Cedric Vanleenhove and the Maastricht European Private Law Institute.
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Conflict of Laws
JUNE 3, 2021
Assume that you successfully obtained a favourable judgment from a foreign court that orders the losing party to pay punitive damages in addition to compensatory damages. Happy with the outcome and knowing that punitive damages cannot be enforced in Japan, you confidently proceed to enforce the remaining part before a Japanese court arguing that the payment you would like to obtain now corresponds to the compensatory part of the award.
ABA Journal
MARCH 3, 2021
Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter is seeking punitive damages against Chubb insurance for allegedly facilitating a DNA theft during a deposition.
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.
Mondaq
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
The following case is the first civil IP case in which the SPC ruled to apply punitive damages
HowAppealing
MARCH 18, 2021
Neither federal law nor Iowa law required vacating $200,000 punitive damages award simply because the jury awarded zero in compensatory damages: You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link
Mondaq
JANUARY 10, 2022
The Florida Supreme Court just changed the litigation landscape regarding punitive damage claims
Mondaq
OCTOBER 26, 2021
The punitive damages award against the employer was the basis of the appeal
LegalReader
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Massachusetts' high court upholds a 2019 jury decision regarding punitive damages.
ABA Journal
OCTOBER 13, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the view of the U.S. solicitor general in a case in which a federal appeals court reduced…
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.
JURIST
DECEMBER 6, 2021
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Mondaq
MAY 18, 2022
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently granted review in The Bert Company d/b/a Northwest Insurance Services v. Matthew Turk, et al., 14 WAP 2022
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.
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.
Mondaq
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
Dishonest employees who are responsible for misappropriating funds from their employer may face civil judgment for the amount of the money they have received and punitive damages, in addition to loss of their employment
ABA Journal
AUGUST 23, 2022
billion in punitive damages in a product liability trial involving its… A jury in Georgia decided Friday that the Ford Motor Co. must pay $1.7
LegalReader
JULY 13, 2022
These are called punitive damages. Minnesota law allows for additional compensation to punish certain defendants. Lawsuits & Litigation car accident car accident attorney car accident compensation car accident insurance car accident lawyer car accident settlement
LegalReader
AUGUST 8, 2022
Claims are resolved through the recovery of compensatory damages and punitive damages. . Lawsuits & Litigation wrongful death allegations wrongful death attorneys wrongful death claim wrongful death damages wrongful death lawsuits wrongful death lawyers
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.
JURIST
DECEMBER 25, 2021
Two Georgia election workers filed a complaint Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against Rudy Giuliani and One America News Network (“OAN”) for promoting claims that they engaged in election fraud during the vote-counting process in the state of Georgia during the 2020 presidential election.
LegalReader
APRIL 20, 2022
Punitive damages or exemplary damages punish a party for its irresponsible behavior, and these damages typically far exceed the amount awarded for compensatory ones.
Law 360
JULY 26, 2022
A Texas jury hit cable TV outfit Spectrum with $7 billion in punitive damages Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by the family of an 83-year-old woman who was stabbed to death by a company internet installer in 2019
Law 360
AUGUST 11, 2022
billion "nuclear verdict" against Spectrum over the murder of a customer show exactly how to get a jury mad, but various guidelines covering punitive damages should help the cable company on appeal The unique details behind an astounding $7.3
Law 360
AUGUST 26, 2022
billion punitive damages verdict against Ford Motor Co. A Georgia jury's $1.7 over a fatal rollover collision shines a light on an alleged defect that previously has resulted in confidential settlements. But the award may not stick, attorneys told Law360, especially if a Georgia law prompts a post-trial settlement
JURIST
AUGUST 28, 2021
The plaintiffs demand a jury trial and seek compensatory and punitive damages, including attorneys’ fees and costs, for physical and emotional injuries caused by the defendants.
Law 360
JUNE 2, 2022
A California state jury awarded more than $460 million, including $440 million in punitive damages, to two former Southern California Edison workers who say they were retaliated against for reporting sexual and racial harassment, attorneys for the workers announced Thursday
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