Large Product Liability Awards Made Comeback in 2014 February 19, 2015 By Margaret Cronin Fisk Huge jury verdicts against companies over fatal flaws in their products made a comeback last year, which may foretell more...
Montana Judge Approves $73M Punitive Award Against Hyundai September 23, 2014 Hyundai Motor Co. must pay $73 million in punitive damages to the families of two Montana teenagers killed in 2011...
Florida Jury’s $23.6B Tobacco Award Likely to Be Reduced July 21, 2014 By David Ingram and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss A decision by a Florida jury to impose punitive damages of $23.6 billion against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. on Friday...
Penn. Family Awarded $18M in Bad Faith Suit Against Nationwide July 14, 2014 An insurance company that was tongue-lashed in a decision last month by a Pennsylvania judge is contesting his ruling that...
Montana Jury Says Hyundai Owes $240M In Punitive Damages May 15, 2014 A Montana jury has ordered Hyundai to pay $240 million in punitive damages after finding that a manufacturing defect in...
Montana Company Wants to Strike State Cap On Jury Awards April 21, 2014 An office supply company is asking the Montana Supreme Court to rule that the state’s cap on punitive damage awards...
Jury Hits Drugmakers with $9 Billion in Punitive Damages April 8, 2014 By Daniel Levine and Edmund Klamann Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd said it would contest $6 billion in punitive damages imposed by a U.S. federal jury in...
Bank Told To Pay $3.2M For New Mexico Foreclosure Despite Insurance March 10, 2014 A New Mexico judge has issued a $3.2 million judgment against Wells Fargo & Co. for foreclosing on a man’s...
Oregon Judge Lops Big Chunk off $18.6M Jury Award February 1, 2014 An Oregon woman who won nearly $19 million in a lawsuit against Equifax over credit reporting mistakes saw the jury...
$52M Awarded by Montana Jury Awards in Bank Lawsuit January 27, 2014 A Montana jury has awarded an office supply manufacturer $52 million in its lawsuit against its former bank. Masters Group...