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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
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.
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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.
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
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.
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.
Mondaq
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
The following case is the first civil IP case in which the SPC ruled to apply punitive damages
Mondaq
JANUARY 10, 2022
The Florida Supreme Court just changed the litigation landscape regarding punitive damage claims
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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
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
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.
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
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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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.
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…
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
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.
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
MAY 13, 2022
In a drunk driving case, you may also get punitive damages, particularly if the drunk driver had a high BAC or several OWI convictions on their record.
LegalReader
MAY 13, 2022
The whole point of punitive damages is to punish drunk drivers and send a powerful message to the community that such irresponsible behavior will not be tolerated. .
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.
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. Respondents noted that the punitive damage amount had already been substantially reduced to account for the company’s lack of Missouri contacts.
LegalReader
MARCH 4, 2022
Under the Texas Labor Code, a victim of sexual harassment can recover compensatory and punitive damages.
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. ” Judge Smith dissented from the decision to uphold the $20 million in punitive damages because “at the time Hardeman used the product, Monsanto was not engaging in unlawful conduct.”
ABA Journal
MARCH 15, 2021
Judge trims claims by ex-Morrison & Foerster lawyers A magistrate judge is allowing two former lawyers at Morrison & Foerster to pursue punitive damages in…
LegalReader
JANUARY 25, 2022
In Louisiana, there is also the possibility that an at fault driver who was intoxicated will have to pay out punitive damages to an accident victim.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 9, 2021
The majority opinion affirms an award of punitive damages totaling nearly $70 million “Bayer Loses Third Appeal of Roundup Herbicide Cancer Verdict”: Joel Rosenblatt and Jef Feeley of Bloomberg News have this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of California’s First District Court of Appeal issued today.
JURIST
MAY 22, 2022
million to a US Army veteran for alleged hearing damage that resulted from using the company’s military-issue earplugs. The total amount of damages in the trials lost exceeds USD 300 million. million in punitive damages.
JURIST
APRIL 15, 2022
Orrick of the US District Court of Northern California Wednesday reduced damages Tesla owed in a workplace racial harassment suit from $137 million to $15 million. Diaz sought damages for solely emotional injury. in past compensatory damages and $2.4 Judge William H.
LegalReader
DECEMBER 2, 2021
Economic and non-economic losses, such as lost wages, medical bills, legal fees, property replacement and pain and suffering are addressed in loss valuations with punitive damages in some cases.
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