ABA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2021

A Florida judge can seek punitive damages against a lawyer she accused of threatening to release her nude photos unless she acquiesced to his demands…

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Above The Law

AUGUST 10, 2022

The post Punitive Damages Cap In Alex Jones Case Is The Ultimate Jury Nullification appeared first on Above the Law. Alex Jones is not going to be paying anything near what the jury determined.

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JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2021

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Thursday that plaintiffs cannot recover punitive damages from the state when a law enforcement officer uses excessive force. Punitive damages are awarded as a way to punish the defendant and to deter that same conduct in the future.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 8, 2022

The post Everything’s Bigger In Texas Except Punitive Damages — See Also appeared first on Above the Law. Eulogizing The Rule Of Law : Stephen Breyer's new pursuit is waxing philosophic about the decline and fall of the law. Civil Disobedience : A new frontier post- Dobbs.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The former legal chief for Farmers Insurance was awarded $150 million in punitive damages Thursday in a wrongful termination lawsuit claiming that he was wrongly…

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HowAppealing

MARCH 18, 2021

Neither federal law nor Iowa law required vacating $200,000 punitive damages award simply because the jury awarded zero in compensatory damages: You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

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HowAppealing

JULY 2, 2024

“Charlottesville Rally Leaders Face Higher Damages on Appeal; Lower court cut $24 million award by too much, 4th Cir. ’s $350,000 punitive damages cap to apply per plaintiff”: Mike Vilensky of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S.

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JURIST

MAY 17, 2021

The jury awarded Hardeman $75 million in punitive damages, but the federal judge overseeing the trial reduced the punitive damages to $20 million. The jury also awarded Hardeman $5 million in compensatory damages for past and future pain and suffering.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 13, 2023

On 8 and 9 March, a conference will be held at the University of Augsburg, Germany, to discuss the current developments in the award and/or recognition of punitive damages. The conference will feature the following contributions: Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages? Afraid of What?

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ABA Journal

MARCH 3, 2021

Marvel Entertainment CEO Ike Perlmutter is seeking punitive damages against Chubb insurance for allegedly facilitating a DNA theft during a deposition. Perlmutter alleges an in-house…

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 23, 2024

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 punitive damages at the University of Augsburg, Germany. The conference contained five panels overall, which were split into three blocks.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 6, 2024

Due to massive strikes in Germany’s public transport sector, we have made the decision to move the conference on “Who’s Afraid of Punitive Damages?”, to take place in Augsburg on 8/9 March (originally announced here ), to a hybrid format.

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2021

billion in punitive damages, claiming the 11:1 ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages was excessive. Campbell, which would have imposed a fixed 1:1 ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages for class action suits.

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Law 360

MAY 6, 2025

A Georgia state judge declared a mistrial as to punitive damages Tuesday in a suit alleging C.R. Bard's ethylene oxide emissions caused a man's cancer, leaving a $20 million compensatory damages verdict in place but inviting a round of briefing on the unusual situation.

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LegalReader

JUNE 2, 2022

As a general rule larger amounts of compensation tend to be available to victims who have sustained very serious and life changing injuries. .

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JURIST

APRIL 15, 2022

Diaz sought damages for solely emotional injury. Ruling that Tesla failed to take “all reasonable steps necessary” to prevent such harassment, the jury awarded Diaz $130 million in punitive damages, $4.5 in past compensatory damages and $2.4 million in future compensatory damages.

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Dwyer,Williams&Cherkoss

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

What are Punitive Damages in the State of OregonIf you have become injured in an accident, it goes without saying that taking care of your health should be your top priority. However, something you should keep in mind is whether or not you have the right to bring a legal claim against the person or. Read More

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2022

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.

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LegalReader

MAY 18, 2022

Penalties through the civil courts come in the form of punitive damages.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2021

After a six-week trial, the jury awarded the Pilliods approximately $56 million in compensatory damages, $2 billion in punitive damages but the Pilliods agreed to a substantially reduced total award of $86 million.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 24, 2022

million in punitive damages for its role manufacturing dry cleaning chemicals that contaminated the city of Modesto's soil and groundwater, according to attorneys for the city. A California jury on Monday found that Dow Chemical owes $56.3

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the view of the U.S. solicitor general in a case in which a federal appeals court reduced…

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JURIST

MAY 22, 2022

The federal jury awarded Beal compensatory damages to the tune of USD 5 million for hearing loss and tinnitus, and USD 72.5 million in punitive damages. 3M intends to appeal the verdict and damages, as well as those of its nine other unfavorable verdicts that it has not yet appealed.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

” Biden requests a jury trial and seeks both general and punitive damages. .” Finally, Biden’s complaint alleges violations of the California Business & Professionals Code , which prohibits engaging in “unfair competition.” Hunter Biden has been busy in the courts as of late.

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LegalReader

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Massachusetts' high court upholds a 2019 jury decision regarding punitive damages.

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JURIST

MARCH 28, 2022

The complaint demanded an order banning the use of non-lethal weapons on peaceful protesters, as well as compensatory damages and punitive damages. The lawsuit claimed that the Denver police’s excessive force violated the protesters’ First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

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Conflict of Laws

JULY 10, 2023

The description of the book reads as follows: Thus far, private international law issues relating to punitive damages have mainly been dealt with from the perspective of several European countries. In conclusion, overarching insights from the Hague Conference are formulated.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In the district court, a jury awarded the plaintiffs more than $60 million, nearly $1,000 to each class member for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and more than $6,000 each in punitive damages. On appeal, the Ninth Circuit upheld the verdict but reduced the punitive damages to a little less than $4,000 per class member.

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JURIST

APRIL 27, 2023

” The lawsuit began when families of victims of the attacks sued the US for damages. 199 million of the damages awarded are for punitive damages against the US. The listed defendants in the case include the US government, former US Presidents Barack Obama and George W.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Notably, the jury awarded punitive damages 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 punitive damages. It awarded $145,000 in compensatory damages and $500,000 in punitive damages.

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2022

” They are seeking exemplary and punitive damages, along with a cease and desist to prevent PayPal from engaging in similar unlawful business practices. A spokesperson for PayPal has responded to ArsTechnica, stating : ““We will respond to the allegations through the appropriate legal channels in due course.”

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 3, 2021

Assume that you successfully obtained a favourable judgment from a foreign court that orders the losing party to pay punitive damages in addition to compensatory damages. Could the judgment be enforced in Japan where punitive damages are considered as contrary to public policy?

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JURIST

MAY 19, 2022

The post Facebook sued for giving preference to visa workers appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 29, 2020

However, punitive damages are not an available remedy in such older cases. In cases involving organizational cover-ups, it must be proven that officials did not just know about the abuse but actively did nothing to stop it or worked to sweep it under the rug. Did you know that about 30 percent of charitable giving happens in December?

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LegalReader

JULY 13, 2022

These are called punitive damages. Minnesota law allows for additional compensation to punish certain defendants.

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JURIST

MARCH 24, 2022

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 compensatory damages of $32.5

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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2023

She is seeking compensatory and punitive damages. It also brings claims of intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress along with others like assault and battery against von Ehlinger. The filed complaint states that the woman worked as a Legislative Page in 2020 and became an intern in 2021 for the Idaho Legislature.

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