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LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Punitive Damages Legal News
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Judge In Trade Secrets Case Says $68.2 Million Punitive Award Is Excessive
HOUSTON - A defendant in a trade secret misappropriation suit is entitled to a new trial on damages unless the plaintiff chooses to accept a $50 million reduction in a jury's $68.2 million punitive damages award, a federal judge in Texas ruled Oct. 14, granting in part and denying in...
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Citing Statutory Cap, Judge Cuts $7.5M Punitive Award From Sex Harassment Verdict
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A federal judge in Michigan on Sept. 30 drastically reduced a jury's $7.9 million award - including $7.5 million in punitive damages - to a woman who was repeatedly sexually harassed while she worked for a utility company; the judge said that although the evidence "fully...
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Judge Slashes $3M Punitive Award In Sexual Harassment Suit Against Texas Judge
GALVESTON, Texas - A $3 million punitive damages award against a former Texas state court judge who was found to have sexually harassed three county employees is excessive and must be reduced, a federal judge ruled Sept. 16 (Mikki Kalina, et al., v. James A. Blackstock, No. G-10-96, S.D. Texas,...
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Magistrate Judge: $60 Million Punitive Award Does Not Violate Due Process
TEXARKANA, Ark. - A jury's $60 million punitive damages award to two men who were abused while living at a religious compound when they were children is not excessive because the defendant's conduct was "highly reprehensible," a federal magistrate judge in Arkansas ruled Sept. 13, denying a motion for remittitur...
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California Appeals Panel Affirms $7M Punitive Award In Salesman's Fraud Suit
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A $7 million punitive damages award to a man whose employer took his computer without his consent then copied and deleted thousands of his files is not excessive, a California appeals panel held Oct. 6, affirming the award, which the trial court had previously reduced from $15...
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