Court Missouri Punitive Damages 
JURIST
JUNE 1, 2021
In an order list released Tuesday, the US Supreme Court declined to hear Johnson & Johnson’s appeal seeking to undo a $2 billion judgment over claims that their talc-based baby powder contained cancer-causing asbestos. billion in punitive damages, claiming the 11:1 ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages was excessive.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 6, 2023
If a full and effective retraction is issued (and published as prominently as the offending statement), it can limit damages or bar punitive damages entirely in some states. Missouri does not appear to have a formal retraction law, but it is still considered a necessary step. He can claim that this was merely an opinion.
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Conflict of Laws
MARCH 18, 2025
Eastern District of Missouri) entered a default judgment for more than $24 billion against the Peoples Republic of China and eight other Chinese defendants for hoarding personal protective equipment (PPE) during the early days of the COVID pandemic in violation of federal and state antitrust laws. Reposted with permission. Limbaugh, Jr.
Law 360
DECEMBER 3, 2024
A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday affirmed a $177 million verdict in a suit alleging that Hyatt Corp. caused a female guest's in-room sexual assault by a hotel security guard, saying the jury's $149 million punitive damages award was supported by the hotel's "conscious disregard" for its guests' rights.
The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
The courts’ argument is that since maybe this was actually a pretty good cop confronting, on a bad day, a situation he wasn’t prepared for, it would be both unfair and bad policy to hold the poor flatfoot liable. Prosecution and punitive damages for misconduct can express aspirations, and may bolster deterrence.
Above The Law
APRIL 10, 2025
Donald Trump’s hot takes on the Exonerated Five have only gotten worse over time — and he’s likely going to go to court over it. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St. Reuters has coverage: U.S. "Plaintiffs demand judgment against Defendant Donald J. Louis School of Law.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
Bankruptcy Court Said California City and Counties Could Not Sue Coal Company for Climate Change Impacts. A federal bankruptcy court in Missouri enjoined San Mateo and Marin Counties and the City of Imperial Beach (the plaintiffs) from pursuing their climate change lawsuits against Peabody Energy Corporation (Peabody).
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