Johnson & Johnson Owes $8 Billion to Man Who Grew Breasts
A jury slapped Johnson and Johnson with $8 billion in punitive damages Tuesday, compensating a man who said he grew breasts after taking the company’s antipsychotic drug Risperdal.
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Ninth Circuit Tosses $8M Award in Decades-Long Steinbeck War
A Ninth Circuit panel on Monday threw out a jury award of $8 million in punitive damages to John Steinbeck’s stepdaughter over a copyright dispute involving the author’s famous works.
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The Ninth Circuit appeared poised Tuesday to toss nearly $8 million in punitive damages awarded to John Steinbeck’s stepdaughter in a decades-long copyright spat between the Nobel Prize laureate’s heirs.
Read moreJudge Slashes Couple’s Award in Roundup Cancer Case
Alva and Alberta Pilliod, a Livermore couple who attributed their cancer diagnoses to years of Roundup use, will see only a fraction of the $2 billion in punitive damages a jury awarded them in May. A state trial judge cut their award down considerably in an order Thursday to a total of $86.7 million, which breaks down to about $30 million for Alva and $56 million for Alberta.
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A federal judge confirmed an arbitrator’s award of $35,000 in punitive damages against a used car dealer for having written a higher income to pressure a customer into a substantially more expensive credit deal despite having the customer’s pay stubs in its possession.
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Judge Slashes Punitive Damages by $50 Million in Roundup Cancer Case
Agrochemical company Monsanto “deserves to be punished” for misleading the public about the safety of its popular Roundup weed killer, a federal judge said in a ruling Monday, but drastically punitive damages awarded to a San Francisco Bay Area man with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Read moreTalc Verdict
A California appeals court upheld a judge’s decision to strike down a $400 million jury verdict against Johnson & Johnson, agreeing the company stopped making its talc-based product long before science linked talc to ovarian cancer.
Read moreFifth Circuit Blasts Denial of Punitive Damages for Drunken Crash
Drunken driving collisions are indeed accidents, a unanimous Fifth Circuit panel ruled Tuesday, rejecting an insurer’s claims that coverage is not warranted because such wrecks are an expected result of driving while intoxicated
Read moreEmbassy Bombing Victims Take Case to High Court
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether victims of twin U.S. embassy bombings are entitled to punitive damages under a law adopted six years after the attacks.
Read morePunitive Damages Off Limits, Justices Say in Maritime Injury Case
A seaman who blames his injured hand on the Dutra Group’s failure to provide a seaworthy vessel is not entitled to seek punitive damages, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Monday.
Read morePanel to Decide If Car Insurer Can Dodge Punitive Damages
“Is the term drunk-driving accident an oxymoron?” one judge asked Tuesday as a Fifth Circuit panel considered when a car wreck is intentional or accidental in a case that could transform insurance coverage in Texas.
Read moreCharter Communications
A federal judge reduced six former Charter Communications employees’ punitive damages for defamation to $350,000 per person, but denied Charter’s motions in all other respects.
Read moreSixth Circuit Nixes Tennessee Cap on Punitive Damages
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 moreExpert Opinions Divided After Judge’s Pivot in Monsanto Ruling
Legal 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 moreJudge Slashes Punitive Damages in Roundup Cancer Case
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – Although she refused to overturn a jury verdict against Monsanto finding its weed killer Roundup caused
Read moreMonsanto Comes Out Swinging on $289M Roundup Cancer Verdict
In 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 morePG&E Ducks Punitive Damages in Deadly 2015 Wildfire
Sparked 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 moreSolicitor General to Advise on Massive Sudan Terror Judgment
The 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 morePunitive Damages Allowed Under NYC Law, Second Circuit Rules
Employment 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 moreCourt Opens Up Punitive Damages for Boy Who Grew Breasts
After 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.
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