Sentences with phrase «punitive damages award reversed»
$ 40 million punitive damages award reversed because trial court improperly usurped jury's role in determining facts regarding managing agent's ratification of tortious conduct
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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.
Coalson appealed, and, in reversing the trial court, the Supreme Court ruled that, «Coalson's punitive damages award was not excessive under Virginia law nor did it offend Canchola's due process rights.»
The punitive damages award was reversed because Glovia did not present sufficient evidence of defendant Maxima's financial condition.
Implicitly repudiating the language of its TXO decision, which permitted punitive damages awards to consider the harm or potential harm from the conduct «as a whole,» [i] the Court reversed course.
Among other significant matters, she secured a historic victory for State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, when the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a $ 145 million punitive damages award against the company as unconstitutionally excessive.
Consequently, the court reversed the awards for punitive damages and mental anguish made by the trial jury.
The court reversed an order for new trial on damages, affirmed the finding of fraud, and affirmed the award of a $ 138,000 commission and $ 2 million in punitive damages.
The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1, affirmed the jury's monetary award but reversed the punitive damage and attorney fee awards.
The court agreed with the Broker, and so the court reversed the trial court's award of punitive damages and attorney fees.
The Court of Appeals affirmed the jury award for fraudulent concealment, but reversed the punitive damage award and attorney fees award, ruling that the Broker could not be liable for violations of the Act because of the property disclosure law.