Day on Torts

MAY 24, 2022

Where the gravamen of plaintiff’s complaint was his tort claim for defamation seeking unliquidated damages, the chancery court did not have subject matter jurisdiction and the case should have been transferred to circuit court. In Lowery v. Redmond , No. W2021-00611-COA-R3-CV (Tenn.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 23, 2024

Due to the prohibition of révision au fond , the court of enforcement might feel bound to the court of origin’s compensatory label even if the awarded damages are excessive. Namely, the punitive damage award must be reconcilable with the legality (typicality and predictability) and proportionality principles.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Wasserstein — The New Jersey Supreme Court, in its August 25, 2022 opinion in Mirian Rivera v. 25, 2022), [link] , considered whether a provider’s use of a medical device that is the subject of an FDA safety communication constitutes per se evidence of wanton disregard, which would warrant punitive damages. By Steven J.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The specific question before the Court is “[w]hether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the statutes that incorporate its remedies for victims of discrimination, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act, include compensation for emotional distress.”.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JANUARY 3, 2022

The specific question before the Court is “[w]hether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the statutes that incorporate its remedies for victims of discrimination, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act, include compensation for emotional distress.”.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The State seeks compensatory damages, penalties for violation of the Consumer Fraud Act, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, and costs of suit. The City sought compensatory damages, treble damages under the Unfair Trade Practices Act, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, and costs of suit.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Natural Resources Defense Council and Sierra Club filed a petition for review challenging an interim final rule published on January 14, 2021 that provided that a 2016 inflation adjustment to the civil penalty for violations of Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards would not go into effect until model year 2022.

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