2020 Compensatory Damages Court 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. Comet had sought compensatory damages of $32.5
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
MARCH 28, 2022
A jury for the US District Court for the District of Colorado Friday found that the Denver police used excessive force against protestors during the 2020 George Floyd protests and awarded a $14 million verdict to 12 protestors. This decision comes from a three-week trial that began on March 7.
Day on Torts
APRIL 6, 2022
Plaintiff’s initial complaint was filed in May 2009 and sought $1 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages. Defendant was never served with this amended complaint, but the trial court entered a final judgment awarding plaintiff $3 million in total damages in August 2017.
Conflict of Laws
AUGUST 24, 2022
The 2020 update was also posted on Conflictoflaws.net. Please note that in the German case , the Saarbrücken Regional Court of Germany refused to recognize and enforce a Chinese judgment on the ground of lack of reciprocity, despite the fact that, as early as 2013, China confirmed that there was reciprocity between the two countries.
JURIST
JUNE 1, 2021
In an order list released Tuesday, the US Supreme Court declined to hear Johnson & Johnson’s appeal seeking to undo a $2 billion judgment over claims that their talc-based baby powder contained cancer-causing asbestos. billion in punitive damages, claiming the 11:1 ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages was excessive.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 5, 2021
In late Spring/early Summer 2020, Beathard’s wife became very sick with cancer and passed away on 6/13/20. In late Summer 2020, Beathard returned to ISU. During mid-August 2020, ISU’s Department of Athletics printed Black Lives Matter posters. Indeed, he was asked back to ISU to rebuild the offense.
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