An appeals court reinstated a $675,000 verdict against a Boston University student who illegally downloaded 30 songs and shared them on the Internet, but left the door open for the trial judge to reduce the award again. Joel Tenenbaum, of …
A doctor was awarded $3.4 million after jurors found that a Texas-based medical malpractice insurer committed unfair and deceptive practices when it wrongly denied insurance coverage after the doctor was sued by a former patient. In the verdict, issued Aug. …
Four hundred gallons of heating oil in the basement? The Michigan appeals court says that’s distressing. The court has upheld a $100,000 verdict for a Clinton County woman whose home had to be demolished after oil was mistakenly pumped into …
A federal jury has awarded $20,000 in compensatory damages to a Muslim woman who alleged that Abercrombie & Fitch discriminated against her because she wore a head scarf. The six-member panel deliberated more than four hours Wednesday before deciding on …
The Mississippi Supreme Court has halted all proceedings in an asbestos case until it determines whether the trial judge should have stepped down. The case resulted in a $322 million verdict. In an order signed Tuesday, Chief Justice Bill Waller …
A suburban St. Louis biofuels ethanol company has won a $48.4 million judgment against a title company whose mistake caused it to bypass building a plant outside Wichita, Kan. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that a jury returned the verdict …
A Northern California family has been ordered to pay $750,000 for starting a wildfire that destroyed papers written by Albert Einstein. The San Jose Mercury News reports that a jury last week ruled against Margaret Pavese, her husband, Lawrence, and …
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 …
A judge has ruled that the maker of tear gas used in a 2006 Jackson police raid must pay $1.1 million to five children of a woman who died after inhaling the fumes. Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd ruled …
A DeKalb County jury has ruled against a northwest Missouri farmer who claimed odor from an industrial hog farm had damaged his property. The jury ruled Wednesday in favor of Premium Standard Farms. Vernon Hanes, a farmer in northwest Missouri, …