A Tennessee statute capping punitive damages is unconstitutional, a divided Sixth Circuit panel ruled Friday, as state case law from the 1800s shows an award of punitive damages is historically a “finding of fact” that falls in the hands of jurors.
Read moreLegal experts disagree about what will happen in the wake of a California judge unexpectedly upholding part of a $289 million verdict against Monsanto after a jury found Roundup caused a school groundskeeper’s terminal cancer.
Read moreSAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Although she refused to overturn a jury verdict against Monsanto finding its weed killer Roundup caused
Read moreIn a pair of documents filed late Tuesday, Bayer subsidiary Monsanto asked a California judge to overturn a $289 million jury award to a San Francisco Bay Area man because there is not enough evidence to support the man’s claims its Roundup weed killer caused his terminal lymphoma and his lawyers manipulated the jury.
Read moreSparked by a 44-foot-tall gray pine crashing into a power line during the prime of wildfire season, the deadly 2015 Butte Fire scorched through the heart of California’s famed Gold Country.
Read moreThe Supreme Court invited the U.S. solicitor general on Monday to weigh in on whether a $10.2 billion judgment against Sudan was properly reduced.
Read moreEmployment discrimination cases involving gross negligence can result in an award of punitive damages under New York City’s anti-discrimination law, the Second Circuit confirmed Friday.
Read moreAfter a middle school boy in Wisconsin grew breasts because of the medication he took for Tourette’s syndrome, Janssen Pharmaceuticals was hit with a $535,106 jury verdict. The Pennsylvania Superior Court has now cleared the way for punitive damages.
Read moreA Los Angeles jury on Monday awarded the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Katy Perry $10 million in punitive damages after finding a local developer interfered in a real estate deal between the church and the pop star.
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