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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 punitivedamages, on top of the nearly $1 billion in compensatorydamages Jones has been ordered to pay by a jury in the defamation case.
A Texas jury has decided that conspiracy theorist radio host Alex Jones must pay punitivedamages to the tune of USD 45.2 These damages, awarded on Friday, relate to a defamation lawsuit. million in compensatorydamages to Lewis’ parents, who sought USD 150 million. ” The post Texas jury awards $45.2M
Neither federal law nor Iowa law required vacating $200,000 punitivedamages award simply because the jury awarded zero in compensatorydamages: You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.
Ruling that Tesla failed to take “all reasonable steps necessary” to prevent such harassment, the jury awarded Diaz $130 million in punitivedamages, $4.5 in past compensatorydamages and $2.4 million in future compensatorydamages. He reduced compensatorydamages to $1.5
High Court Adopts Per-Defendant Calculation of Punitive-to-CompensatoryDamages Ratio”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday. ’s Constitutional PunitiveDamages Caselaw ” and “ More from Pa.
The jury awarded Hardeman $75 million in punitivedamages, but the federal judge overseeing the trial reduced the punitivedamages to $20 million. The jury also awarded Hardeman $5 million in compensatorydamages for past and future pain and suffering.
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.
billion in punitivedamages, claiming the 11:1 ratio of punitivedamages to compensatorydamages was excessive. Campbell, which would have imposed a fixed 1:1 ratio of punitivedamages to compensatorydamages for class action suits.
After a six-week trial, the jury awarded the Pilliods approximately $56 million in compensatorydamages, $2 billion in punitivedamages but the Pilliods agreed to a substantially reduced total award of $86 million.
The federal jury awarded Beal compensatorydamages to the tune of USD 5 million for hearing loss and tinnitus, and USD 72.5 million in punitivedamages. 3M intends to appeal the verdict and damages, as well as those of its nine other unfavorable verdicts that it has not yet appealed.
The complaint demanded an order banning the use of non-lethal weapons on peaceful protesters, as well as compensatorydamages and punitivedamages. The lawsuit claimed that the Denver police’s excessive force violated the protesters’ First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
The causes of action in the suit include strict product liability and negligence, and specifically addresses the following questions of law: whether Facebook (i.e. ” Plaintiffs demand a jury trial.
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 compensatorydamages of $32.5
In contrast to compensatorydamages, punitivedamages are awarded when a defendant commits deliberate, malicious, or fraudulent acts that cause harm to another person.
A Philadelphia jury on Friday hit the makers of weedkiller Roundup with an astronomical $2 billion punitivedamages verdict, along with $250 million in compensatorydamages, 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. (..)
Share This week we highlight petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether an award of punitivedamages that doubles the compensatorydamages can comport with due process and how a defendant can prove ineffective assistance of counsel in rejecting a plea offer. On appeal, the U.S.
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 punitivedamages under California law while pursuing compensatorydamages for the same claims under the laws of the pair's home state.
by Salih Okur (University of Augsburg) On 8 and 9 March, scholars from more than a dozen different jurisdictions followed the invitation of Tobias Lutzi to discuss recent trends in punitivedamages at the University of Augsburg, Germany. The conference contained five panels overall, which were split into three blocks.
A Washington state jury awarded $185 million Tuesday to three teachers who said toxic chemicals produced by Monsanto were left in light fixtures at their school and caused them brain damage, awarding $50 million total compensatorydamages and $45 million to each plaintiff in punitivedamages.
Further, where the fraud was related to the purchase of plaintiff’s home, and the jury awarded plaintiff the amount she paid for the home in compensatorydamages, that award was affirmed. On appeal, the verdict for compensatorydamages was affirmed, but the punitive award was vacated and remanded for further proceedings.
million in compensatorydamages and $120 million in punitivedamages against Farmers Group Inc. for allegedly implementing a discriminatory policy that forced older agents out, arguing that a Farmers Group CEO's email stating its agents were "s**t" shows malice warranting punitives.
million in compensatorydamages and $13.5 million in punitivedamages. In April 2021 Judge William Orrick reduced the award to $15 million. Orrick said that the original award was “grossly excessive” and unconstitutional. He revised the award to be $1.5
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.
Assume that you successfully obtained a favourable judgment from a foreign court that orders the losing party to pay punitivedamages in addition to compensatorydamages. Could the judgment be enforced in Japan where punitivedamages are considered as contrary to public policy?
Notably, the jury awarded punitivedamages against the university, a relative rarity for juries but well deserved in this case. There seemed little balance struck in this case and the jury responded by hitting Auburn with punitivedamages. It awarded $145,000 in compensatorydamages and $500,000 in punitivedamages.
A Missouri jury awarded $95 million in compensatorydamages and $400 million in punitivedamages Friday over bellwether claims that Abbott Laboratories' baby formula caused a premature baby to suffer a fully disabling condition.
10 million in compensatorydamages and $100 million in punitivedamages Wednesday, finding rival Toyo Tire Corp. An Illinois federal jury awarded Atturo Tire Corp. $10 liable for defamation, unfair competition, unjust enrichment, deceptive trade practices and tortious interference with Atturo's contracts.
Judge Roberts found that “Young sufficiently proffered evidence of actual malice, express malice, and a level of conduct outrageous enough to open the door for him to seek punitivedamages.” CNN lost a critical motion in seeking to bar punitivedamages.
A Texas jury ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million — significantly less than the $150 million being sought — in compensatorydamages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, reports the Associated Press. The plaintiffs’ attorney Mark Bankston insisted that the $4.11
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday cut a jury's award of $100 million in punitivedamages to Atturo Tire Corp. in a dispute with rival Toyo Tire to just $100,000, saying the conduct "was not extreme" enough to warrant such a large finding, but kept intact the jury's $10 million compensatorydamages award.
25, 2022), [link] , considered whether a provider’s use of a medical device that is the subject of an FDA safety communication constitutes per se evidence of wanton disregard, which would warrant punitivedamages. The Court’s analysis also leaves open the possibility that other FDA communications could result in punitivedamages.
Plaintiff’s initial complaint was filed in May 2009 and sought $1 million in compensatorydamages and $1 million in punitivedamages. Defendant was never served with this amended complaint, but the trial court entered a final judgment awarding plaintiff $3 million in total damages in August 2017.
Of these, 26 were successful cases where the Chinese courts decided to recognize and enforce foreign judgments while 3 were partially successful cases (the Chinese courts recognized compensatorydamages but rejected punitivedamages); the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments were rejected in the remaining 34 cases.
Ultimately, Parker hopes to recover compensatorydamages, restitution, punitivedamages, legal fees, and costs, together with a judicial declaration as to the parties’ rights and responsibilities. ” ( Complaint , paragraph 101.)
Armijo is seeking general and compensatorydamages against the defendants “in an amount to be determined at trial in, but in no event less than $6 million,” as well as “exemplary and punitivedamages against all the defendants … in an amount to be determined at trial.”.
Plaintiff’s complaint sought compensatorydamages for defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It also sought punitivedamages, injunctive relief, and a declaratory judgment that defendants had violated certain statutes.
Another interesting example would be a series of cases where a Chinese court in Guangzhou recognized and enforced compensatorydamages awarded in three U.S. EB-5 Visa fraud judgments, but rejected the punitivedamages awarded therein, echoing the same rule laid down in the 2021 Conference Summary.
Since the Spanish court had ordered the defendants to pay a sum for damages it deemed to be compensatory in nature, in light of Art. 45(2) Brussels I Regulation, the enforcing court could not come to the opposing view that the damages were in fact punitive. Recital 32 of the Rome II Regulation).
They could also seek punitivedamages in such a case. Compensatorydamages cover both economic and non-economic damages. While rare, New Mexico does not limit punitivedamages, which can be sought for torts that are malicious, willful, reckless, wanton, or fraudulent.
He is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief; nominal damages; compensatorydamages; reinstatement with backpay; punitivedamages; and attorney fees, expenses, and costs pursuant to 42 USC § 1988. Beathard brought the lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 alleging First Amendment retaliation/viewpoint discrimination.
compensatorydamages and $300,000.00 punitivedamages. The site was sued by Sarah Jones, an ex-Bengals cheerleader and a former high school teacher in northern Kentucky, who was libeled on the site by commentators. The jury hung in the first trial of this case, which necessitated a second trial.
The Senate’s amendment added that in a civil action based on violating the bill, “[The] plaintiff may recover from the person: (A) Compensatorydamages; (B) Punitivedamages; and (C) Reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs, and expenses.”
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