Day on Torts
DECEMBER 5, 2022
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 compensatory damages, that award was affirmed. On appeal, the verdict for compensatory damages was affirmed, but the punitive award was vacated and remanded for further proceedings.
JURIST
APRIL 26, 2024
The Tennessee House of Representatives approved a bill on Thursday that criminalizes adults who knowingly take minors away from Tennessee to help them receive gender-affirming medical procedures without the consent of their parents. Senator Janice Bowling introduced SB 2782 in the Senate.
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Day on Torts
APRIL 6, 2022
Plaintiff’s initial complaint was filed in May 2009 and sought $1 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages. 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. In Turner v.
Day on Torts
AUGUST 11, 2021
Stewart’s testimony violated the collateral source rule and that Mr. Chapman’s methodology had not been proven or tested,” and it found in favor of plaintiff and awarded her “compensatory damages and additional damages for her pain and suffering.” The Court of Appeals affirmed this ruling. internal citation omitted).
Day on Torts
MAY 24, 2022
Plaintiff’s complaint sought compensatory damages for defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It also sought punitive damages, injunctive relief, and a declaratory judgment that defendants had violated certain statutes. internal citation omitted).
SCOTUSBlog
JULY 1, 2021
20-219 , asks whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the statutes that incorporate its remedies, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act , include compensation for emotional distress. Tennessee , 22 Orig. Tennessee , 22 Orig. Cummings v. 1104(a)(1)(B).
SCOTUSBlog
JULY 2, 2021
She sought compensatory damages for “humiliation, frustration, and emotional distress.” At issue in the case is whether federal disability laws allow Cummings to recover damages for emotional distress. Tennessee , a long-running dispute between the two states over groundwater in an aquifer. Mississippi v.
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