The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed and remanded a district court decision, allowing collection of actual damages in a default judgment where the complaint only sought damages “in ...

After an accident, you likely already know that you are entitled to compensatory damages. These are damages intended to compensate you for your financial and intangible losses, such as medical bills, ...

Employment discrimination cases involving gross negligence can result in an award of punitive damages under New York City’s anti-discrimination law, the Second Circuit confirmed Friday. MANHATTAN (CN) ...

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Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

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 ...

Consequential damages waivers are included in most contracts, and can expose a company to significant liabilities, or just as easily bar a company from recovering for significant losses. These should ...

Two days after jurors in Multnomah County found that the utility PacifiCorp was to blame for wildfires in 2020, they ordered the company to pay punitive damages. That’s in addition to the more than ...

The Supreme Court has repeatedly struck down excessive punitive damages awards as arbitrary deprivations of property without due process of law. In State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v.