Posts tagged Punitive Damages

• U.S. Supreme Court Upholds $55 Million Punitive Damages Award Against Ford On Explorer Rollover Case

  Brett Emison | December 01, 2009 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The San Francisco Chronicle has reported that the United States Supreme Court rejected Ford Motor Co.'s appeal of a $55 million punitive damages award to a California woman paralyzed when where Ford...

• How Do You Feel About Tort Reform? It Depends On How you Feel

  Pete Mackey | September 19, 2009 9:28 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Feelings about tort reform can vary with the landscape. Anyone who makes their policy decisions primarily in accordance with their financial bottom line, and happens to be on the white collar side...

• Punitive damages for maritime claims

  Timothy Young | September 17, 2009 8:40 AM | 0 CommentsNew Orleans, LA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  In a most recent United States Supreme Court maritime decision, it was ruled that injured seamen could be awarded punitive damages in addition to their maintenance and care damages. Maintenance...

• Altria Group to Pay $13.8 Million to Family of Smoker, Lung Cancer Victim

  Mike Ferrara | August 26, 2009 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  A California jury has ordered Altria Group, the parent company of Marlboro cigarette maker Philip Morris USA, to pay $13.8 million in punitive damages to the daughter of woman who died in 2003 of...

• Philip Morris to Pay $13.8 Million in Punitive Damages to Daughter of Deceased Smoker

  David Mittleman | August 26, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  A jury in Los Angeles Superior Court voted 9-3 on Monday that Philip Morris USA should pay $13.8 million in punitive damages to Jodi Bullock. Betty Bullock, Jodi Bullock’s mother, died of lung...

• Enterprise Rent A Car Deletes Safety Feature

  George Fusner | August 18, 2009 3:45 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Kansas City Star reported today that Enterprise Rent A Car ordered cars from General Motors without a proven safety feature. This saved them a reported $11.5 million. The thrust of the story is...

• Punitive Damage Awards Deter Wrongful and Outrageous Conduct

  Mark Bello | August 11, 2009 6:37 PM | 1 CommentVoices Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I write this in partial follow-up to this morning's post about attempts to reverse California's damage caps in medical malpractice cases. This morning, I commented that damage caps on pain and...

• Relatives Outraged to Learn Bodies of Deceased Loved Ones May Have Been Dug Up in Burial Site Scam

  David Mittleman | July 16, 2009 11:40 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Horrifically, 200 to 300 graves at the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois were dug up in an illegal scheme to make more money. According to the Cook County Sheriff, four employees of Perpetua...

• Supreme Court OKs Claim For Punitive Damages In Tugboat Case

  Greg Webb | July 12, 2009 10:13 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  In a recent 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Edgar Townshend, a tugboat crewmember who injured his arm and shoulder when he slipped and fell on the boat’s steel deck. His...

• Sotomayor A Good Choice For Justice?

  Mike Bryant | June 22, 2009 2:50 PM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I've been following the Sotomayer talk for awhile with a little bit of indifference. Don't get me wrong, a seat on the U S Supreme Court has importance for every single American. It's nine people...