On November 5, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral arguments in a closely-watched wrongful death case that could reshape the landscape for punitive damage awards in the ...

Plaintiffs could more easily win punitive damages under a General Assembly bill that seeks to increase education funding. The bill would lower the standard for punitive damages, requiring plaintiffs ...

During this year’s legislative session, there has been discussion about “punitive damages.” As a consumer protection lawyer who helps people defrauded by big corporations, I know the proposed changes ...

A judge has ruled a laborer who is over 60 can proceed to trial with his punitive damages claim against award-winning construction company Hathaway Dinwiddie, in which he alleges a foreman called him ...

If someone’s carelessness hurts you, New Mexico law gives you a way to recover what you have lost. Damages include not just the bills you pay but also the pain you endure. “Many people do not realize ...

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Punitive damages continue to generate headlines and heated debate across the country. As New York practitioners are well aware, the U.S. Supreme Court has in recent years addressed the due process ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit's (Seventh Circuit) decision in Curry v. Revolution Laboratories, LLC, 124 F.4th 441 (7th Cir. 2024), has drawn attention to the interplay between ...

McCarter & English sought to recover punitive damages from a former client for allegedly refusing to pay legal fees. The Connecticut high court stipulated common-law punitive damages are not available ...

Last year, a California jury awarded rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka “Tiny” Harris $71 million after a years-long trial against toy manufacturer MGA Entertainment for an intellectual property ...