The East Coast saw quite a bit of snow in February, but that is not the only kind of blizzard we have experienced this month. In fairly rapid succession, juries in three states imposed four multi-million dollar punitive damages awards.
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Mayer Brown's Punitive Damages Blog
Guideposts, published by Mayer Brown, focuses on litigation topics with a particular emphasis on punitive damages law. The blog covers issues such as liability standards, trial strategies, constitutional limits on punitive damages, and appellate court decisions affecting punitive damages awards. It also addresses related areas including employment law, fraud, and civil procedure, often analyzing significant court rulings and their implications for defendants and plaintiffs. The content includes discussions on due process rights, vicarious liability, and the interplay between compensatory and punitive damages. Guideposts serves as a resource for legal professionals interested in the evolving jurisprudence surrounding punitive damages and related litigation challenges.
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California Court Of Appeal Bends Over Backwards To Uphold Substantial Punitive Award In Asbestos Case
The Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires procedural fairness in state trials, but that principle seems absent from a recent California Court of Appeal decision upholding a judgment against Kaiser Gypsum Company for almost $1.6 million in compensatory…
Wright Medical Technology Files Brief In Support Of Post-Trial Motions In Hip Implant Case
A couple of months ago, we reported on a $10 million punitive verdict in the first hip implant case to go to trial against Wright Medical Technology. Last week, Wright Medical filed its opening brief in support of its post-trial…
Jury Awards Over $31 Million To Former Wal-Mart Employee—But Wal-Mart Probably Won’t Have To Pay Most Of It
McPadden v. WalMart Stores East, L.P., No. 14-cv-475, awarded more than $31 million to a former Wal-Mart employee who had worked for the company as a pharmacist. The plaintiff sued for discrimination and retaliation after she was terminated as discipline…
Fourth Circuit Upholds $1.75 Million Punitive Damages Award In Transvaginal Mesh Case
About a month ago, we reported on a Delaware trial court decision reducing a $75 million punitive award to $7.5 million in a transvaginal mesh case. Last week, in what we believe to be the first appellate decision in one…
California Jury Awards $9.8 Million In Compensatory Damages And $70 Million In Punitive Damages In Hemorrhoid Stapler Case
In a post a few weeks ago, I reported on a verdict by a federal jury in Atlanta awarding $1 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages against the manufacturer of a hip implant. Not to be…
Delaware Superior Court Cuts Punitive Damages In Transvaginal Mesh Case
Last week, we posted about a $10 million award of punitive damages in a product liability action against a manufacturer of hip implants. We explained our view that the award was excessive, in part because hundreds of similar cases are…
Federal Jury Awards $1 Million In Compensatory Damages And $10 Million In Punitive Damages In Bellwether Hip Implant Trial
In a post last month, we reported on a district court’s rulings on motions in limine in the first bellwether hip implant trial against Wright Medical Technology Incorporated. The case subsequently went to trial, and last week a federal jury…
Missouri Appellate Court Upholds Disproportionate Punitive Award Against One Defendant, While Tossing Punitive Award Against Co-Defendant
Federal District Court Issues Split Decision On Admissibility Of Evidence Bearing On Punitive Damages
As we have observed in a prior post, defendants in punitive damages cases often fail to develop evidence in mitigation of the amount of punitive damages, enabling the plaintiff to focus the jury on evidence about the defendant’s wealth…