Analysis of verdicts and settlements data
By Emily Cousins | February 3, 2025
McCarter & English sought to recover punitive damages from a former client for allegedly refusing to pay legal fees. The Connecticut high court stipulated common-law punitive damages are not available for breach of contract without a separate proven tort that provides an opportunity for punitive damages.
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By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher/AP | January 29, 2025
Some victims had been ready to take the witness stand, while others submitted pre-recorded testimony, describing pain made all the more fresh by the recent destruction in Los Angeles.
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By Cedra Mayfield | January 29, 2025
"The classic defense strategy is to drag things out, file motions for summary judgment and try to prevent trial. Here, we did the opposite."
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By Allison Dunn | December 26, 2024
On Thursday, Chief U.S. District Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell slashed the overall award of $3.8 million to $1.42 million—the amended amount consisting of $780,000 in compensatory damages and $640,000 in punitive damages—in a fair housing case.
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By Morgan Lee | December 26, 2024
Attorney Gloria Allred says the family of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed in the 2021 shooting in New Mexico, are disappointed prosecutors won't appeal the dismissal of a criminal charge against actor Alec Baldwin.
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By Brian Lee | December 23, 2024
A bill sponsor, Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, D-Manhattan, indicated he will continue to advocate for the proposal in Albany, even after its third veto. The measure aims to modernize New York's 177-year-old wrongful death statute.
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By Riley Brennan | December 13, 2024
"Overfield did not need to present evidence that either the vest or the working conditions of the locomotive were inherently unsafe, or that they each constituted an independent cause of his damage, in order to submit the verdict director in the disjunctive," Missouri Appellate Judge Gary M. Gaertner said in Overfield v. BNSF Railway.
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By Mason Lawlor | December 11, 2024
"Dr. Sherri Studstill indicated that damages were a possibility but that she had not made any determination that Mr. Simmons had suffered any actual damages," Tennessee Court of Appeals Judge Jeffrey Usman wrote in a Dec. 3 opinion.
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By Mason Lawlor | November 8, 2024
Unlike other cases where traumatized plaintiffs have requested punitive damages in their complaints, transgender female Haleem Gilliland did not raise the request until the default judgment stage.
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By Riley Brennan | November 7, 2024
The district court's decision hinged on a July ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which clarified the standard of proof in an action brought by a plaintiff who claimed he was severely injured when a nitric acid plant negligently released a cloud of toxic gas.
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