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Sandy Hook families seek additional punitive damages against Alex Jones

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Families of the victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Connecticut school shooting filed a motion Friday asking a Connecticut judge to order controversial talk radio host Alex Jones to pay hefty punitive damages, on top of the nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages Jones has been ordered to pay by a jury in the defamation case.

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Neither federal law nor Iowa law required vacating $200,000 punitive damages award simply because the jury awarded zero in compensatory damages

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Neither federal law nor Iowa law required vacating $200,000 punitive damages award simply because the jury awarded zero in compensatory damages: You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

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US federal judge significantly reduces damages in Tesla workplace racial harassment lawsuit

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Ruling that Tesla failed to take “all reasonable steps necessary” to prevent such harassment, the jury awarded Diaz $130 million in punitive damages, $4.5 in past compensatory damages and $2.4 million in future compensatory damages. He reduced compensatory damages to $1.5

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“Pa. High Court Adopts Per-Defendant Calculation of Punitive-to-Compensatory Damages Ratio”

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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.

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Federal appeals court affirms $25 million judgment in Bayer’s Roundup cancer case

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The jury awarded Hardeman $75 million in punitive damages, but the federal judge overseeing the trial reduced the punitive damages to $20 million. The jury also awarded Hardeman $5 million in compensatory damages for past and future pain and suffering.

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Former Pennsylvania judges ordered to pay $200M to victims of juvenile detention scandal

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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.

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US Supreme Court declines J&J baby powder appeal, takes up H&M copyright dispute

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billion in punitive damages, claiming the 11:1 ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages was excessive. Campbell, which would have imposed a fixed 1:1 ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages for class action suits.