State attorneys are defending Indiana’s punitive damages limit against a man who won a $150,000 jury award against a Roman Catholic priest he alleged sexually abused him when he was 17. Lawyers for the attorney general’s office asked the Indiana …
Homeowners sued Monday over a massive gasoline spill in southeastern Wisconsin this summer that has contaminated many of their wells, their attorneys said. A total of 150 families who own property in the Jackson area filed the lawsuit in Washington …
An appellate court wants the Florida Supreme Court to resolve a question on punitive damages in cases involving sick smokers. A 1st District Court of Appeal panel on Wednesday split 2-1 in affirming a trial judge’s refusal to allow punitive …
State Sen. Rick Bertrand has asked a court to allow punitive damages in the slander lawsuit he won. The Sioux City Journal says the Sioux City Republican filed the court paperwork on Monday. On Friday, a jury awarded Bertrand $231,000 …
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has signed a bill that prohibits workers from collecting damages in employment discrimination cases. Under current state law, employees who prevail in discrimination lawsuits can collect between $50,000 and $300,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. The …
Nike Inc is accusing Reebok of trying to score an illegal Tim Tebow marketing touchdown. Nike sued its rival in U.S. District Court, saying that Reebok used the popular NFL quarterback’s name and number on New York Jets iconic green …
Columbia-based Shelter Insurance has filed a $390 million lawsuit against a Memphis-based firm that it says failed to do due diligence on a municipal bond offering for the failed Mamtek sweetener plant project in Moberly. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported …
Two Muslim men who were kicked off an airplane in May after the pilot objected to their presence are suing Delta Air Lines Inc. and Atlantic Southeast Airlines Inc., which operated the flight from Memphis, Tenn., to Charlotte, N.C. According …
A Littleton, Colo., family injured in a car crash involving the former Garfield County sheriff claims the officer got special treatment by the Colorado State Patrol. The family has filed a lawsuit in federal court that says troopers never checked …
A group of former and current technicians for Comcast Corp. has accused the company of discriminating against black employees and giving black customers cable boxes infested with bugs. The group sued Comcast Monday in federal court in Chicago, Ill. The …