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million to relatives of each victim, subject to approval by the federal judge overseeing Remington’s bankruptcy case in Alabama. In a February court filing, the families’ lawyers estimated that wrongful death claims likely totaled more than $225 million, and total claims including punitivedamages could exceed $1 billion.
The New York Times lost a critical effort to block the defamation lawsuit brought by University of Alabama basketball player Kai Spears. The Times ran an article “A Fourth Alabama Player Was at a Deadly Shooting, in a Car Hit by Bullets.” We have previously discussed retraction statutes that can limit damages or actions.
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involving whether punitivedamages that are twice compensatory damages and fall within a state’s statutory punitivedamages cap are constitutionally excessive. The court also called for the views of the solicitor general (a so-called CVSG) in Epic Systems Corp v. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. 27 and Oct.
Gore , striking down a punitivedamage award. The case involved the practice of the company to repair and repaint cars damaged in transit without telling the customers. Even though the Alabama Supreme Court previously reduced the punitive award by half, the U.S. In the Trump case, the banks made money.
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involving whether punitivedamages that are twice compensatory damages, and fall within a state’s statutory punitivedamages cap, are constitutionally excessive. Three cases involving lawsuits over allegations that police officers used excessive force. Epic Systems Corp v. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
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