A federal judge has overturned a jury’s decision imposing $500,000 in punitive damages against a former Delaware prison guard accused...
punitive damages News

Punitive damages, long the scourge of businesses named in lawsuits, and a tricky issue for insurers, may soon be much...

Tesla Inc. will likely seek to slash a $137 million jury award for a Black worker who accused the automaker...

A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed...
Missouri lawmakers have advanced a bill to make it harder for courts to fine defendants as punishment for hurting people....
A lawsuit against Delaware’s largest private landowner and other companies is moving forward, saying “systemic concealed defects” are threatening to...
A federal court jury has awarded $33.5 million in damages to the parents of a man who was fatally shot...
Kimberly-Clark and its spinoff medical technology firm Halyard Health have been hit with $454 million in compensatory and punitive damages,...
An Arkansas Senate committee has advanced a proposed constitutional amendment that would ask voters to limit some attorneys’ fees and...

The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts has ruled that post-judgment interest is not included in any enhanced damages in connection...