Labor & Employment Law

"Ninth Circuit Reduces Punitive Damages Award; $60 Million Jury Award Reduced to $1.1 Million After Two Appeals"
"Ninth Circuit Reduces Punitive Damages Award; $60 Million Jury Award Reduced to $1.1 Million After Two Appeals": Curt Cutting has this post today at the "California Punitive Damages" blog...

Judge Overturns Punitive Damage Award in Prempro Case
Arkansas district judge Bill Wilson overturned an Arkansas jury's punitive damage award of $27 million to Donna Scroggin. The award included $2.75 million in compensatory damages. Judge Wilson based his decision on discarding plaintiff's expert evidence from Dr...

9th Circuit Imposes 3 to 1 Ratio on Punitive Damages Award
On Friday, the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Southern Union v. Irvin (pdf). The court previously had vacated and remanded the original punitive award, which was 153 times the compensatories...

Cal Court of Appeal to US Supremes: Heres a Thumb In Your Eye
Today we discuss punitive damages. But this post is not about your routine, garden variety, might I say even conservative $1 million or $5 million punitive damages award. Rather, this is about mega-punitive damages, as in Buell-Wilson v...

Punitive Damages Study
The Social Science Research Network has an article available that is of interest to tort lawyers: The Decision to Award Punitive Damages: An Empirical Study. Here is the abstract: Empirical studies have consistently shown that punitive damages are rarely awarded, with rates of about three to five percent of plaintiff trial wins...

Split COA Reinstates Punitive Damage Award In Malicious Prosecution Case
Today in Scarborough v. Dillard's Inc. the Court of Appeals (COA) reinstated a punitive damage award in a malicious prosecution case. Dillard's accused plaintiff, a former part-time employee in its shoe department, of misconduct (after he failed to charge a woman for two pair of shoes); that accusation led to a failed embezzlement prosecution against plaintiff by the district attorney, a prosecution instigated by a Dillard's loss-prevention employee who also was a full-time officer with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department...

Bextra Injury Risks
Bextra Increases Risk of Fatal Heart Attack

Medical Malpractice Suits Brings $37M Award
Medical Malpractice Suits Brings $37M Award

Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit Brings $4.5 Million Award
Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawsuit Brings $4.5 Million Award

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Environment Law
alleging damages from violation of the law.

Skilled Health Care Faces $670 Million in Damages over Nursing Home Violations
Skilled Health Care Faces $670 Million in Damages over Nursing Home Violations

Failure-to-accommodate claim yields $1.82M award
$1.82 Million Awarded in Employment Lawsuit