In past cases in California, even limited property damages have led to large payouts, including in the O.J. Simpson civil ...

The Punitive Damages Act (Act) allows plaintiffs to potentially recover damages beyond those needed to make a plaintiff whole. Case law on the Act frequently includes the cautionary statement that no ...

Punitive damages had been deferred in all NYCAL cases since September 1996 until Justice Sherry Heitler issued her April 8 order. She held that New York law requires NYCAL plaintiffs to have the same ...

PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) – Two weeks after a lawyer representing the widow of a mesothelioma victim sought to move forward with a punitive damages claim on behalf of his client despite a rule ...

A $2,000 iPad used by Tyler Skaggs could trigger a $400 million ruling in the ongoing wrongful death trial against his former MLB team.

A recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling in Dwyer v. Ameriprise Financial (Apr. 25, 2024) has introduced a significant shift in construction defect litigation. In a landmark decision, the court has ...

If you’ve been seriously or permanently injured in an auto accident in Florida, you have the right to seek just compensation ...

As a physician leader in New Mexico for over 30 years, I want to speak plainly about why our state is losing physicians and what must be done. I recently testified before a key Legislative Interim ...

A St. Louis Circuit Court judge has reduced the amount of punitive damages that must be paid by Lafayette-based trailer manufacturer Wabash National Corp. as a result of a verdict issued against the ...

The verdict having recently been handed down in the defamation case against him, Rudy Giuliani is good and well screwed. Despite his wide-eyed bluster and his vow of redemption on appeal, the fact ...

The Supreme Court yesterday told state courts to reconsider two multimillion-dollar penalties against Ford Motor Co. in personal injury lawsuits in light of the court's decision last month in another ...