California Compensatory Damages Punitive Damages 
JURIST
AUGUST 11, 2021
A California appeals court on Monday upheld an $86 million verdict against The Monsanto Company, a subsidiary of German pharmaceutical and life sciences company, Bayer AG. The decision comes amidst a number of lawsuits filed against Monsanto, which Bayer inherited as the parent company.
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. Last October, worker Owen Diaz sued Tesla for violating California state law and 42 USC §1981 , which guarantees non-discrimination in the making of contracts.
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JURIST
MAY 17, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld a $25 million judgment and jury verdict Friday finding that a California man, Edwin Hardeman, developed cancer from exposure to agribusiness Monsanto’s weed-killer, Bayer’s Roundup.
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
Law 360
OCTOBER 4, 2024
A federal judge said Friday she will have to decide count by count whether she can allow a Massachusetts couple suing eBay over a harassment campaign against them to seek punitive damages under California law while pursuing compensatory damages for the same claims under the laws of the pair's home state.
JURIST
JUNE 28, 2022
A federal judge in California Monday granted Tesla’s motion for a new trial in a former employee’s racial discrimination lawsuit. million in compensatory damages and $13.5 million in punitive damages. Plantiff Owen Diaz turned down an award of $15 million which was originally $137 million.
Law 360
MAY 3, 2023
Ex-insurance agents' counsel asked a California jury during closings Wednesday to award $17.24 million in compensatory damages and $120 million in punitive damages against Farmers Group Inc.
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