Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court may use a tobacco liability case to determine whether due process guarantees allow a jury to levy punitive damages on a defendant for the effects of its conduct on people who are not a party to ...
LOS ANGELES -- Robert Olson, a partner in the leading appellate boutique Greines Martin Stein & Richland LLP with extensive experience in punitive damages issues, is available to comment on today's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Philip Morris vs. Williams to limit punitive damages. Olson filed an amicus...
Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-Tort reform advocates hope that the Supreme Court will use an Oregon case to clarify further when a punitive damage award is so disproportionate to underlying compensatory damages as to become unconstitutional. Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN ...
Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-Three reforms could help reduce abuse in the awarding of punitive damages, according to a legal scholar who has spent three decades studying the issue. Punitive damages are, "on balance,'' a good thing, D Byline: MARK...
Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN An Alabama jury's decision to slap an $11.8 billion punitive damage award on Exxon Mobil Corp. underscores the need for closer judicial scrutiny of punitive damages, say tort reform proponents. Juries need to be instructe Byline: MARK...
A Tennessee regulation that disallowed exclusions for punitive damages in most property casualty insurance policy forms has been reversed 15 years after its enactment. The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance recently issued a bulletin outl A Tennessee regulation that disallowed exclusions for punitive damages...
Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court's order last week vacating a large punitive damage award in a California product liability case demonstrates that the justices are serious about reining in "excessive'' punitive damages in Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN ...
Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court decision last week to overturn a $79.5 million punitive damages award against a tobacco company may not represent a total victory for businesses, say some tort reform advocates. That's b Byline: MARK...
Main points in the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Philip Morris USA vs. Mayola Williams: At issue 1. Whether in reviewing a jury's award of punitive damages, an appellate court's conclusion that a defendant's conduct was highly reprehensible and ...
Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court has another opportunity to clarify how much is too much where punitive damages are concerned when it hears oral arguments this week in a case dealing with insurance claims-handling practices. Byline: MARK A....
Byline: Mark A. Hofmann The Supreme Court edged closer to defining exactly how much is too much in punitive damage awards when it handed down its 6-3 decision in State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. vs. Curtis B. Campbell et al. in early Apr...
Byline: Roberto Ceniceros An 18-month-old U.S. Supreme Court decision is helping insurers defend against lawsuits and appears to be contributing to a decline in the size of punitive damage awards. Since the high court's April 2003 decision in St Byline: Roberto...
Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-Drawing a ``bright line'' that would determine the precise ratio at which punitive damages become unconstitutionally disproportionate to underlying damages could backfire, a Harvard law professor told the Supreme Byline: MARK A. HOFMANN WASHINGTON-Drawing a ``bright...
A United States Supreme Court decision overturning a $145 million punitive damage award against State Farm will go a long way toward reining in runaway legal judgments, tort reform and industry representatives say. "The Supreme Court recogniz A United States Supreme Court decision...
Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS SAN FRANCISCO-Last week's federal court ruling granting class-action status to a suit charging Wal-Mart Stores Inc. with gender discrimination could significantly increase the liability of companies facing bias suits, emp Byline: ROBERTO CENICEROS SAN FRANCISCO-Last week's federal...
SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court issued two landmark rulings that could have a nationwide impact on how courts award punitive damages. Applying the argument offered in an amicus brief filed by Pillsbury & Levinson, LLP on behalf of United Policyholders, the California Supreme Court determined that previous rulings...
WASHINGTON-Federal appeals courts should scrutinize large punitive damage awards handed down by trial courts, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled. The case, Cooper Industries vs. Leatherman Tool Group Inc., involved a dispute between two tool manufacturer WASHINGTON-Federal appeals courts should scrutinize large punitive damage...
Insurance and business groups are lauding a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a $290 million product liability punitive damage award. In the case of Ford Motor Co. v. Romo, the high court ordered the Supreme Court of California to recon ...
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