JURIST
AUGUST 18, 2022
A federal judge Wednesday ordered former Pennsylvania judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan to pay more than $200 million in damages to victims in the 2010 “kids for cash” juvenile detention scandal. Both former judges waived their right to participate at trial.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday publicly released a letter that found Pennsylvania’s court system violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because it prohibited or limited individuals under court supervision from taking medication to treat opioid use disorder (OUD).
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HowAppealing
MARCH 29, 2022
“Whether, in cases where the compensatory damages award is substantial, a punitive-to-compensatory damages ratio exceeding 9:1 is presumptively unconstitutional under U.S. ” The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania today granted a petition for allowance of appeal presenting that question.
HowAppealing
JULY 20, 2023
High Court Adopts Per-Defendant Calculation of Punitive-to-Compensatory Damages Ratio”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday. ’s Constitutional Punitive Damages Caselaw ” and “ More from Pa.
Law 360
JANUARY 26, 2024
A Philadelphia jury on Friday hit the makers of weedkiller Roundup with an astronomical $2 billion punitive damages verdict, along with $250 million in compensatory damages, in a case brought by a Pennsylvania man who claimed Monsanto failed to warn users that the product contained carcinogenic chemicals and contributed to his development of cancer. (..)
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
OCTOBER 16, 2024
At least seven states have passed amendments in 2024 related to property rights: Louisiana , Illinois , Alaska , Pennsylvania , Alabama , Colorado and Wyoming. Illinois , Colorado , Pennsylvania and Alabama have all tied pore ownership to surface estate rights. Now some are turning their attention to pore space.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 18, 2022
Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, two former Pennsylvania judges accused in 2009 of sending hundreds of teenagers to privately run youth detention centers in exchange for millions in kickbacks, and sentenced to decades in prison as a result, have been ordered to pay more than $206 million in damages, reports the Wall Street Journal.
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