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Florida Massacre Families to Get Millions for FBI's Inaction

The attorneys said the settlement's details are confidential, but a person familiar with the deal said the government will pay the families $127.5 million overall.
3 minute read

Law.com

Utah Appeals Court Says Jury Instruction, Expert Disclosure Issues Require Retrial in Hyundai Vehicle Fire Case

The plaintiffs, who alleged the fire started in their Hyundai Sonata because of a manufacturing defect, were previously awarded $752,000 in damages after a jury considered strict liability and negligence claims against the automotive manufacturer.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Jury Faults White Nationalists Behind Fatal Charlottesville Rally, Awards $24M in Punitive Damages

The federal jury found in part for the plaintiffs behind the civil lawsuit alleging a conspiracy to commit racially motivated violence at the 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Appeals Court Split Over Whether 'Dubious-Tasting' Pastry Caused Injuries That Led to $400K Verdict

"To humanity's chagrin, gastroenteritis is a common ailment. Texas precedent demands more: competent expert testimony on the medical probability of causation," Justice April Farris wrote on behalf of the appellate court. "Lacking such evidence, we must reverse."
4 minute read

National Law Journal

'None of This Is a Joke': Attorneys Make Final Arguments to Jury in Charlottesville White Nationalist Trial

"We sued the people who are responsible, the leaders, the promoters, the group leaders, the people who brought the army, the people who were the most violent members of the army. Those are the people who we asked you to hold accountable today," said Paul Weiss partner Karen Dunn.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

3M Earplug Verdict Raises Questions About Punitive Awards Versus Compensatory Damages

"Here, the ratio appears to be around 15 to one, which raises an eyebrow, so to speak, but doesn't scream denial of due process," said Edward G. Guedes, a partner and chair of the appellate practice group at Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Billion-Dollar Breakfast Bars: Statutory Damages and Unconstitutional Settlement Pressure Under New York's General Business Laws

Some courts have shown a willingness to certify damages classes in labeling cases under §§349 and 350 where the damages claimed would entitle plaintiffs' attorneys and the class to recover $550 for every single New York purchase of a low-priced consumer good like cereal, breakfast bars, or even grass seed.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

After COP26, Lawyers Step In to Turn Rhetoric Into Reality

The goals of the conference come at a time when law firm ESG practices are booming and clients need help implementing environmental initiatives. But for plaintiffs lawyers, it's about compensating the injured, not changing policy.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Travis County Dem Party Seeks $6M from San Antonio Man Charged in Firebombing

The Travis County Democratic Party and three officials allege the firebombing of the Party's Austin headquarters was part of a "larger, ongoing effort to undermine the foundations of democracy in Texas and our nation."
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

The Princess of Pop, Britney Spears, is at a Crossroads With Her Conservatorship

As Americans reckon with how Britney Spears has been treated over the course of her life, her struggles may pave the way for reform and help others who suffer from conservatorship abuse.
7 minute read

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