A federal judge has ruled that plaintiffs can seek punitive damages in some claims related to the 2010 Gulf oil spill. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier’s ruling came in mass litigation related to thousands of claims over economic damages. The …
Punitive damages may not be recovered from the estate of a “wrongdoer,” the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled. The Court’s decision in a case involving a damage dispute between rural land owners upholds a lower court decision and reaffirms previous …
A Jefferson County jury has found a Bessemer funeral home and two of its employees negligent in the switching of identities of two women prior to family viewings in 2009 and awarded the families of the two women nearly $1 …
The chief executive officer for the foundation that supports the work of an Arkansas hunger-relief organization has filed a lawsuit alleging he was suspended in retaliation for raising questions about internal policies. In a lawsuit filed July 25 in Pulaski …
Federal safety officials have ordered MetroNorth to pay nearly $142,000 in damages and promote a worker who accused the commuter railroad of discrimination. A spokeswoman says MetroNorth denies the worker’s accusations and will appeal. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
A St. Louis jury has awarded $320 million in punitive damages in the lawsuit against the former owners of a lead smelter in the eastern Missouri town of Herculaneum. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the jury awarded the punitive damages …
A Jefferson County property owner has sued the Louisville Metro Council over an advertisement claiming he owed the city more than $12,000 in outstanding maintenance fines. Warren Jackel, owner of Real Estate Specialists, filed suit Thursday in Jefferson Circuit Court …
A jury in Maryland awarded plaintiffs suing Exxon Mobil more than $1.5 billion for a 2006 leak at a gasoline station, the Baltimore Sun reported Friday. The Sun, quoting a source who had viewed the verdict, said the jury had …
The family of a 12-year-old boy shot while ringing doorbells and running away has filed a lawsuit against the man accused of shooting him. John and Jennifer Eberle filed the lawsuit Thursday in Jefferson Circuit Court against 56-year-old Michael Ray …
A measure to place caps on payouts from successful medical malpractice and other civil cases has been signed by the governor. Under the law, a $750,000 cap would be placed on non-economic damages such as pain and suffering, and the …