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Ford Says Sanctions Violated Due Process In $1.7B Case

Law 360

urged the Georgia Court of Appeals on Tuesday either to order a new trial or substantially reduce a record-setting $1.7 billion punitive damages verdict returned against the automaker in litigation over a fatal rollover, arguing the award resulted from "death penalty sanctions" that essentially directed a verdict against it.

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Ford Attys Appeal Sanctions In $1.7B Rollover Case

Law 360

in litigation over a fatal rollover are appealing a Georgia state judge's sanctions that preceded a second trial and record-setting $1.7 billion punitive damages verdict against the automaker, in a move that opposing counsel called "really weird."

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CNN Losses Another Motion in Defamation Case as Court Orders Tapper to Appear

JonathanTurley

The litigation has not been going well for the network and it just lost another key motion to block an effort to depose Jake Tapper. 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 punitive damages.”