The Montana House has given initial approval to a measure that would reduce the amount a court can award in...
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A Florida jury awarded punitive damages totaling $25 million on Monday in a second blow to Gawker, coming on top...
The U.S. Justice Department sued Volkswagen AG for installing illegal devices meant to defeat emissions testing, and laid out claims...
A judge ordered a northern Idaho gas station owner to pay $100,000 to a former employee who was fired after...
An appeals court has trimmed to $2.8 million the damages awarded to a woman who said the Jehovah’s Witnesses allowed...
A judge in a high-profile gender discrimination lawsuit will allow a former partner at venture firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield &...

Huge jury verdicts against companies over fatal flaws in their products made a comeback last year, which may foretell more...
Hyundai Motor Co. must pay $73 million in punitive damages to the families of two Montana teenagers killed in 2011...
A decision by a Florida jury to impose punitive damages of $23.6 billion against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. on Friday...
An insurance company that was tongue-lashed in a decision last month by a Pennsylvania judge is contesting his ruling that...