Sentences with phrase «jury damage award»

The case went to verdict with a finding of no bad faith and a jury damage award of less than what the clients offered in settlement.

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently released a decision in Maxwell v. Luck on a relatively small jury damages award, but dismissed the threshold motion and awarded the damages comprised largely of future income loss and general damages.

Not exact matches

HINDMAN, Ky. (AP)-- A Kentucky jury has awarded two former coal miners who filed a civil lawsuit claiming defective dust masks led to their debilitating black - lung disease $ 67.5 million in damages.

In a widely publicized privacy lawsuit this year, a Florida jury awarded Hogan, whose real name is Terry Gene Bollea, $ 140 million in damages from Gawker for publishing a sex tape in 2013 in which the former wrestler was featured.

Optiva lost the lawsuit, and a jury awarded Braun $ 2.5 million in damages.

Gilead told CNBC it «respectfully disagrees with the jury's verdict and damage award, and intends to vigorously challenge this outcome through the appeal process.»

The jury isn't finished; they will return to court Monday to award punitive damages beyond Friday's sum.

Questions over damages awards were among the more than 600 questions the jury was asked to address.

A Florida jury assessed Gawker Media millions more in punitive damages on Monday for having invaded the privacy of the retired wrestler Hulk Hogan, adding to the $ 115 million it awarded in compensatory damages last week.

Denton said that he estimates there's a roughly 1 - in - 10 chance that Gawker will face «disaster» — meaning that they lose the trial, the jury awards Hogan a large amount in damages, and Gawker is required to put up a bond for the full amount while it appeals the ruling.

In March 2016, a jury awarded Hogan $ 140 million in damages.

The jury still must consider what damages to award to Merck and its co-owner of the patents, Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc., for past sales, Kenilworth, N.J. - based Merck said in a statement.

ON MONDAY a Tennessee jury awarded Fox Sports broadcaster Erin Andrews $ 55 million in damages for claims stemming from her successful lawsuit against the Nashville Marriott hotel and convicted stalker Michael David Barrett.

Last year, at Weitz & Luxenberg's behest, Heitler reversed a 20 - year ruling that prohibited punitive damages in asbestos cases — allowing for bigger jury awards.

Last year, at Weitz & Luxenberg's request, Heitler reversed a 20 - year rule barring punitive damages in asbestos cases, paving the way for much bigger jury awards.

Nassau County appealed, and in 2014, a U.S. District Court jury awarded Restivo and Halstead a combined $ 36 million in damages.

In 2012, a jury in Central Islip found no wrongdoing by Nassau County police and declined to award damages.

According to the Times, one of the men who accused Bernard Spitzer of firing them because of the color of their skin was Anthony Haydenn, who was awarded $ 200,000 by a jury in 2008 — $ 100,000 in lost wages, $ 25,000 for emotional distress and $ 75,000 in punitive damages.

A judge who since Sheldon Silver's arrest has come under scrutiny for the sky - high damages that juries in her court have awarded to Weitz & Luxenberg clients recently slashed a record $ 190 million asbestos - poisoning payout to less than $ 30 million.

A Bronx jury's decision to award $ 183 million in damages to five New York City firefighters caught in a deadly 2005 blaze could face more legal wrangling, as the city's lawyers criticize the verdict and contemplate an appeal.

The ruling caps the total damages assessed to the company at $ 507.5 million, a fraction of the $ 5 billion a jury initially awarded the plaintiffs in 1994.

The lab is seeking a jury trial to award it damages.

The U.S. Supreme Court capped damages for the Exxon Valdez oil spill at a fraction of what an Alaskan jury awarded

This week a jury in Los Angeles awarded Ms Majerik $ 2.1 m (# 1.1 m) in damages.

A Cook County jury awarded the coach, Brad Esposito, $ 793,333 in damages for defamation on Jan. 13.

Peoria, Ill — A federal jury here this month awarded a public - school teacher $ 514,000 in damages from his employer, Peoria School District 150, after agreeing that he had been penalized for speaking to school - board members.

A South Carolina jury has found a Charleston private school and two former administrators responsible in a teacher's sexual abuse of male students and awarded a victim's father $ 105 million in damages.

In the case of the tobacco industry, the courts did much of the heavy lifting, giving cancer victims standing to sue and allowing juries to award billions of dollars in punitive damages.

However, the court last month overturned $ 4.2 million in punitive damages awarded in 1990 by a state court jury in Independent School District No. 622 v. Keene Corporation.

A damage award can be agreed upon after a negotiated settlement — among the parties, their insurance companies, and their attorneys, for example — or may be ordered by a judge or jury following a court trial.

Amazon fired the security company accused of mistreating foreign - born temp workers; a federal jury awarded Patricia Cornwell over fifty million dollars in damages; a major theme of this year's PEN World Voices Festival is bravery; and other news.

The jury awarded triple damages.)

Attacked by two pit bulls while walking to work in November 2015, Joseph Mooring of Bryan, Texas on January 27, 2017 won the second - highest award in a Texas dog attack case: $ 5.1 million for permanent nerve damage to his right leg and forearm, levied not by a jury but by 85th District Court Judge Kyle Hawthorne.

Indicative of the length of time settling a dog attack claim can take, a jury in Victoria, Texas on March 26, 2018 awarded $ 5 million damages to the family of Kylar Johnson, age 4.

Non-economic damages are not determined by an actual monetary loss and juries often have great discretion in making awards.

The jury awarded iLife $ 10 million in damages.

«Nintendo will appeal the jury's verdict and reduced damages award to the court of appeals.»

The facts don't matter — any jury is going to feel sorry for the «victims» and award damages.

Earlier this month the Court of Appeals of Indiana ruled (via Deliberations) in an interesting case that involved a jury deciding that a plaintiff should be awarded $ 336,300 in damages, but failing to adequately communicate that to the court because of confusion about how the verdict form worked.

In B.C., he noted, jury awards for non-pecuniary damages are much lower than from those of judges alone who are informed with all the anchoring bias of past judgments.

Canadian courts have so far enforced US judgments with damage awards far larger than the value of the transaction — though none (so far as I know) with a really astronomical jury - chosen punitive element.

In the three P2P cases tried so far, «all three of those juries demonstrated through the very large damages awards they imposed that they view illegal downloading and «sharing» as wrong, and deserving of harsh sanction.»

An amendment to the Oregon Constitution prohibits judicial review of the amount of punitive damages awarded by a jury «unless the court can affirmatively say there is no evidence to support the verdict.»

Representative Trial Experience: • Rosa Construction, Inc. v. Capstone Builders, Inc. et al. v. Sterling Savings Bank, Montana Eighteenth Judicial District Court (2013): Five day jury trial resulting in the permanent discharge of Capstone's improper construction lien against Rosa's real property, affirming the priority of Sterling Savings Bank's mortgage on Rosa's real property, and awarding $ 1,425,000 in compensatory damages against Capstone for recording an improper lien on Rosa's real property and interfering with the Bank's mortgage interest.

After finding petitioner Honda Motor Co., Ltd., liable for injuries respondent Oberg received while driving a three - wheeled all - terrain vehicle manufactured and sold by Honda, an Oregon jury awarded Oberg $ 5 million in punitive damages, over five times the amount of his compensatory damages award.

The jury accepted Boucher's claim that she had been constructively dismissed and awarded her damages equivalent to 20 weeks» salary, the notice period specified in her employment contract.

A jury may award surviving family members and children monetary damage awards to help you recover your loss of time, income, love, and well - being.

This means that the award of punitive damages can not exceed the amount of actual damages that the jury awards.

If the defendant is found to be negligent, juries are instructed to award damages for pain and suffering and mental anguish.

The Southern District of Florida first said the evidence offered at trial reasonably supported the jury's award for lost earnings and other economic damages.