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Thoughts on recent developments affecting California punitive damages litigation, from the appellate attorneys at Horvitz & Levy LLP.

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Your source for everything you need to keep you up to date on Damages, episodes, interviews with cast members, photos, media, and more.

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Dedicated to Rose Byrne's character Ellen Parsons in the new FX Networks Original Series, Damages. Reviews, Screencaps, etc.

From the evils of insurance companies to continually-updated legislation on personal injury claims, damage caps, and the elimination of punitive damages, the Injury Blog covers everything related to personal injury claims, the corporations and insurance c

Appelate Strategist Blog

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Informational site sponsored by Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP and authored by Christina Imre to share knowledge and emerging information of note related to Appellate Law and Punitive Damages.

Yet Another TV Review Podcast

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Articles and weekly podcasts reviewing USTV old and new. With wallpaper-sized pictures.

Recent. Ugliness.

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Recent. Ugliness. takes Hollywood's and the internet's most heinous visual crimes and puts them on full display, complete with my very on biting commentary about it all. It keeps me sane. Also includes a few non-critical additions from me as well.

Dolman Bateman & Co - Forensic Accountants

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We are specialists in providing expert forensic accounting evidence in commercial litigation, insurance litigation, disputed wills and family law.

South Carolina Products Liability Law Blog

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A blog for individuals and product manufacturers who are interested in South Carolina products liability law. My goal is to provide current information on the latest trends in products liability law in the Palmetto State.

Calabria Property

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This blog not only showcases the latest and most desirable property in Calabria, its aim is to also give information about the region and provide local insight into whats hot and whats not.

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A Quiet Year for Blockbuster Punitive Damages in California

California punitive damages | December 22nd 2009 by CCC

Bruce Nye at Cal Biz Lit has prepared a chart showing a breakdown of the compensatory damages and punitive damages awarded in the top ten verdicts in California in 2009 (as reported by the Recorder's Legal Pad). As Bruce notes, only three of the top read more

"The Supremes and Punitive Damages"

California punitive damages | December 22nd 2009 by CCC

Judge Rex Heeseman of the Los Angeles Superior Court has an essay entitled "The Supremes and Punitive Damages" in today's Daily Journal (subscription required). The essay gives a brief overview of the recent punitive damages decisions from the U.S. read more

Pfizer pays off hormone-drug victims

Healthiertalk.com | December 22nd 2009 by Adam

Pfizer continues their track record of paying big bucks for underhanded dealings. I'm sure it doesn't matter how much they rack up in damages—as long as they're allowed to take consumers for everything they've got, this just isn't going to stop. I read more

ADA Retaliation Claimant not Entitled to Compensatory, Punitive d…

San Antonio Employment Law | December 22nd 2009 by Tom Crane

The Ninth Circuit joins the Seventh Circuit in finding that an employee suing for retaliation under the Americans with Disabilities Act is not entitled to compensatory damages or punitive damages. Alvarado v. Cajun Operating Co., No. 08-1 read more

Texas Jury Awards $100 Million in Punitive Damages Against BP

California punitive damages | December 21st 2009 by CCC

I will go out on a limb and predict that this award won't hold up. As reported by the Associated Press, a jury in federal district court in Texas has awarded $100 million in punitive damages to 10 workers at a BP plant who claimed they were exposed read more

Bing Trademark leads to Lawsuit against Microsoft.

Phones Review | December 21st 2009

Verizon Wireless may well be pushing to only allow Microsoft’s Bing search engine on all their mobile phones, but it is looking like Microsoft is in a spot of bother over trademark infringement with Bing. According to an article on The Guardian, St read more

BP OIL REFINERY WORKERS IN TEXAS WIN DAMAGES OF $100M

NIGERIA GENERAL DISCUSSION BLOG SITE | December 19th 2009 by Prince

BP’s Texas City refinery has a history of accidents A US jury has awarded $100m (£62m) in damages to 10 workers who said a leak at a BP oil refinery in Texas in 2007 had made them sick. The source of the leak at the refinery so read more

Federal Judge Rules Comair Pilot's Conduct Caused Crash

Kentucky Injury Lawyer Blog | December 19th 2009 by Larry Jones

U.S. District Senior Judge Karl Forester ruled that pilot negligence was a "substantial factor" in the crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington in August 2006. The summary judgment ruling was in favor of the family of Bryan Keith Woodward, a passeng read more

"The Need for Enforcement of U.S. Punitive Damages by the Eu…

California punitive damages | December 18th 2009 by CCC

The Minnesota Journal of International Law has an article by Jessica J. Berch in its Winter 2010 edition entitled "The Need for Enforcement of U.S. Punitive Damages by the European Union." For those of you with access to Westlaw or Lexis, the citati read more

Judge rules pilot error 'substantial factor' in Comair 5191 crash

decline depend | December 18th 2009 by kandicemil

Pilot negligence was a "substantial factor" in the crash of Comair Flight 5191 in Lexington in August 2006, U.S. District Senior Judge Karl Forester has ruled. The ruling in the Eastern District of Kentucky of U.S. District Court came Thursday night read more

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ccutting has posted a new entry on: California punitive damages

A Quiet Year for Blockbuster Punitive Damages in California

Bruce Nye at Cal Biz Lit has prepared a chart showing a breakdown of the compensatory damages and punitive damages awarded in the top ten verdicts in California in 2009 (as reported by the Recorder's…

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ccutting has posted a new entry on: California punitive damages

"The Supremes and Punitive Damages"

Judge Rex Heeseman of the Los Angeles Superior Court has an essay entitled "The Supremes and Punitive Damages" in today's Daily Journal (subscription required). The essay gives a brief overview of th…

Read More »
tjcoffice has posted a new entry on: San Antonio Employment Law

ADA Retaliation Claimant not Entitled to Compensatory, Punitive damages

The Ninth Circuit joins the Seventh Circuit in finding that an employee suing for retaliation under the Americans with Disabilities Act is not entitled to compensatory damages or punitive damage…

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ccutting has posted a new entry on: California punitive damages

Texas Jury Awards $100 Million in Punitive Damages Against BP

I will go out on a limb and predict that this award won't hold up. As reported by the Associated Press, a jury in federal district court in Texas has awarded $100 million in punitive damages to 10 wo…

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ccutting has posted a new entry on: California punitive damages

"The Need for Enforcement of U.S. Punitive Damages by the European Union"

The Minnesota Journal of International Law has an article by Jessica J. Berch in its Winter 2010 edition entitled "The Need for Enforcement of U.S. Punitive Damages by the European Union." For those…

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ccutting has posted a new entry on: California punitive damages

North Carolina Supreme Court Applies "Clear and Convincing" Standard to Appellate Review of Punitive Damages

The North Carolina Supreme Court's decision last week in Scarborough v. Dillard's addresses an issue that has divided California appellate courts for quite some time.The issue is whether the "clear an…

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Punitive Damages in California

In Roby v. McKesson Corp., the California Supreme Court held that under the facts of that case, the ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages should not exceed one-to-one. The Court reference…

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Paper Contains a Wealth of Statistics on Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards

Alison F. Del Rossi and W. Kip Viscusi have posted a paper on SSRN entitled "The Changing Landscape of Blockbuster Punitive Damages Awards." The authors note that since the State Farm decision in 2004…

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Le Plastrier v. Phillips: No Punitive Damages Against Lawyer Who Improperly Recorded Lis Pendens and Wrote Poem About It

The California Court of Appeal (Fourth District, Division Three) issued this unpublished opinion last week, reversing a $255,000 punitive damages award against an attorney who was found liable for sla…

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Roby v. McKesson: Cal. Supreme Court Reduces Punitive Damages to 1-to-1 Ratio

The California Supreme Court has issued its opinion in Roby v. McKesson. I haven't had a chance to read it in detail yet, but from a quick skim I see that the Supreme Court agreed with the Court of Ap…

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