The Crime Report
JULY 28, 2021
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 punitive damages could exceed $1 billion.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 7, 2023
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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SCOTUSBlog
MAY 20, 2024
Alabama , the Supreme Court declared that mandatory sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole for offenders who were under the age of 18 when they committed their crimes violate the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. Credit Bureau Center, LLC v.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 14, 2021
involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages 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.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 3, 2023
Gore , striking down a punitive damage 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.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Alabama Federal Court Dismissed Challenge to TVA Environmental Review of Rate Changes for Distributed Energy. The complaint asked the court for compensatory damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, and costs of suit. Oceana, Inc. Ross , No. 1:12-cv-00041 (D.D.C.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
For example, in 1996, the justices limited state-awards of punitive damages under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In that case, BMW was found to have repainted luxury cars damaged in transit without telling buyers. Even when the Alabama Supreme Court reduced that to $2 million, the U.S.
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