Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ruth Ann Kwan granted Johnson & Johnson’s request to throw out the punitive portion ...

State appellate judges ruled that claims lacked evidence of knowing misconduct or gross corporate negligence. The Florida ruling highlights evidentiary hurdles in toxic tort claims for punitive ...

Plaintiffs could more easily win punitive damages under a General Assembly bill that seeks to increase education funding. The bill would lower the standard for punitive damages, requiring plaintiffs ...

Sep. 17—A Lackawanna County jury awarded $2.7 million in punitive damages to the estate of a woman who broke her hip in a 2018 fall at a Scranton nursing home. The verdict against Green Ridge Care ...

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 ...

SPONSORED – In a segment of The Legal Lens on Fox 2, sponsored by Brown & Crouppen Law Firm, Andrea McNairy explains that plaintiffs in Missouri do not receive the full amount of punitive damages ...

K.H. v. Mill Run Campground, Docket No. 2197 of 2023, G.D. (Pa. Com. Pl., Fayette Cnty, Mar. 10, 2025) A Pennsylvania trial court overruled primary objections to claims of punitive damages when the ...

Punitive damages often are excluded from insurance coverage, leaving providers in fear of being held personally liable, although such cases appear rare. Doctors and hospitals in New Mexico argue the ...

CHRISTIANSTED, VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S., February 20, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — USVI Supreme Court Reinstates BlackRock Parent as Defendant and Enforces Jurisdiction in ...

If you're in law school, take a Choice of Laws class (often called Conflicts of Laws); these issues come up in a huge range of cases, both involving state law and involving the law of foreign ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SPONSORED – In a segment of The Legal Lens on Fox 2, sponsored by Brown & Crouppen Law Firm, Andrea McNairy explains that ...