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Can You Get Punitive Damages After a Truck Accident in Orlando?

LegalReader

According to legal experts, more and more jurisdictions are trying to limit punitive damage awards viewed as over-the-top and as outrageous as the behavior they’re trying to punish.

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Supreme Court to consider NCAA student-athlete compensation, class action rules

JURIST

The NCAA and other college athletic organizations petitioned the Supreme Court to review the decision, arguing that the appellate court improperly shifted the burden of proof to them, which would invite “endless litigation” in the future, and warned that the “decision may fundamentally change college sports” for the worse.

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Federal judge rejects proposed settlement plan in Roundup cancer class action

JURIST

In light of these losses, Bayer arranged a class action settlement to prevent future litigation. The post Federal judge rejects proposed settlement plan in Roundup cancer class action appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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US Supreme Court: Hearing in Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. et al. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos (Mexico). Selling guns comparable to selling beer to teenagers?

Conflict of Laws

93A [Massachusetts Consumer Protection Act] and punitive damages. Consequently, it is not about determining which aspects of Mexicos allegations would survive during the litigation (and some are controversial), as indicated by one of the counsels, but whether they pass this legal hurdle.

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Maryland Truck Accident Attorneys are Instrumental in Comprehensive Damage Recovery

LegalReader

Economic and non-economic losses, such as lost wages, medical bills, legal fees, property replacement and pain and suffering are addressed in loss valuations with punitive damages in some cases.

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What Remedies are Available to Victims of Sexual Harassment in Tampa?

LegalReader

In cases where an employer has acted with malice or intentionally broke the law, there may be punitive damages available.

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Oberlin Sues Insurance Companies for the Costs of its Abusive Litigation Against Family-Owned Grocery

JonathanTurley

The college then prolonged the litigation, virtually forcing the family into insolvency. Oberlin President Carmen Twillie Ambar and the Board needlessly spent millions in litigation costs above the damages rather than admit that the college was wrong in the targeting of this grocery.