Judge Upholds Punitive Damage Award in Prison Strip Search February 8, 2023 By Randall Chase A judge rejected a challenge on Monday by Delaware’s Department of Correction of a jury’s $15,000 punitive damage award to...
Judge Reduces Punitive Damages in Deadly Charlottesville Rally Conspiracy January 6, 2023 By Denise Lavoie A federal judge has slashed millions of dollars from the damages a jury ordered white nationalist leaders and organizations to...
Jury Adds $2.5M in Damages to Rape Verdict as Filmmaker Haggis Vows to Appeal November 16, 2022 By Jennifer Peltz Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis was ordered Monday to pay an additional $2.5 million in damages in a rape lawsuit, bringing...
Judge Cuts $500K Punitive Award Against Prison Guard to $5,000 August 26, 2022 By Randall Chase A federal judge has overturned a jury’s decision imposing $500,000 in punitive damages against a former Delaware prison guard accused...
‘Game Changer’: Florida Supreme Court Ruling Could Chill Punitive Damages Claims January 13, 2022 By William Rabb Punitive damages, long the scourge of businesses named in lawsuits, and a tricky issue for insurers, may soon be much...
Why Tesla Could Face Tough Road If It Tries to Slash $137M Racial Bias Verdict October 7, 2021 By Daniel Wiessner Tesla Inc. will likely seek to slash a $137 million jury award for a Black worker who accused the automaker...
California Jury Blames Roundup for Couple’s Cancer, Awards $2 Billion May 13, 2019 By Tina Bellon A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed...
Missouri Bill Shielding Businesses from Fines in Lawsuits Advances May 1, 2019 By Summer Ballentine Missouri lawmakers have advanced a bill to make it harder for courts to fine defendants as punishment for hurting people....
Lawsuit Advances Over Rotten Beams in Delaware Townhouses March 28, 2018 A lawsuit against Delaware’s largest private landowner and other companies is moving forward, saying “systemic concealed defects” are threatening to...
Jury Awards $33.5M to Parents of California Man Killed by Deputy March 19, 2018 A federal court jury has awarded $33.5 million in damages to the parents of a man who was fatally shot...