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Calif. court limits damages in harassment case
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 6 days ago
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The California Supreme Court has reduced the punitive damages that McKesson Corp. must pay a former employee who claimed she was harassed because she suffered panic attacks and had body odor. The court on Monday ordered the San Francisco-based drug distributor...
Tags: California Supreme Court, body odor, McKesson Corp., punitive damages, panic attacks, Seattle, Judicial remedies, Damages, Punitive, Law Crime, McKesson Corporation
$55M damage award for SUV rollover is upheld
San Diego :: CA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility Supreme Court rejected Ford Motor Co.'s appeal Monday of a $55 million punitive-damages award to a San Diego woman who was paralyzed when her Ford Explorer rolled over and the roof caved in on her. More Bay Area News Lawyers for Benetta Buell-Wilson...
Tags: Ford Motor Co., The Supreme Court, ford explorer, San Diego County, million awarded, punitive damage, rejected ford, explorer rolled, San Diego, Ford Motor Company, Damages, Judicial remedies, Law Crime, Punitive damages, Business Finance, EBay, Dubai, Dearborn Michigan, Philip Morris USA v. Williams, Thanksgiving, General Electric, Vivendi, Mortgage, Rockefeller Center, Foreclosure, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Guerlain, Retailing, Electronic commerce, Legal procedure, Supreme Court of the United States
Ohio school district sues over air pollution
Addyston :: OH :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility A school district near Cincinnati is suing a plastics plant, accusing it of continuing to release chemicals in the air that exceed government safety standards. Three Rivers School District closed an elementary school across the street from the plant in...
Tags: schools district, Addyston, Environment, Judicial remedies, Education, Lanxess, Punitive damages, Plastic, Ineos
Compo verdicts bad news for Pfizer
Philadelphia :: NY :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility She argued successfully that her breast cancer was linked to a hormone replacement drug. In a second case, another woman was awarded more than $30 million. The jurors heard testimony that Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, which is now owned by Pfizer, paid consultants...
Tags: breast cancer, Philadelphia, Punitive damages, Pfizer, Damages, Rofecoxib, Endocrinology, Judicial remedies, Gender transitioning, Health Medical Pharma, Law Crime, Estrogens, Menopause, Premarin, Upjohn, Wyeth
$75M verdict unsealed in Prempro-cancer case
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility A jury in Philadelphia has ordered Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to pay a woman $75 million in punitive damages after finding a link between her breast cancer and a hormone-replacement drug. That's according to an attorney for the woman, Connie Barton. Last month,...
Tags: Connie Barton, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Philadelphia, Pfizer, Damages, Judicial remedies, Wyeth, Punitive damages, Law Crime, Health Medical Pharma
Candy Finally Paid The Maid!!!!
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility Candy Spelling has reportedly settled a lawsuit filed by Lourdes Serrano , her former maid. The case was settled last Tuesday, but Serrano didn't quite get what she was hoping for. And considering Candy, who is a multit-millionaire ,made her clock out...
Tags: Lourdes Serrano, candy spelling, Los Angeles, Termination of employment, Tori Spelling, Wrongful dismissal, TMZ.com, Punitive damages, A.C.E., Aaron Spelling, Law Crime, Human Interest, Serrano, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Not safe for work, Heidi Klum, Negativity, Maid, Pan-Africanism, Internet slang, Chadian-Libyan conflict, Social Issues, Candy, The Maid
Smokerawarded $300 million
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. When Cindy Naugle took the witness stand in her lawsuit against tobacco company Philip Morris USA, she toted an oxygen bottle and had to pause a few minutes to catch her breath. Lawyers for Naugle, 61, say her...
Tags: Philip Morris USA, Cindy Naugle, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, Tobacco industry, Altria Group, Tobacco, Cigarettes, Industries, Law Crime, Damages, Punitive damages, Philip Morris USA v. Williams, Judicial remedies, Tobacco politics, Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, Cigarette, Smoking, Health effects of tobacco
Ky. appeals court upholds $6M verdict in case of McDonald's worker who was strip searched
Louisville :: KY :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility A Kentucky appeals court upheld a $6.1 million award to a former fast food worker who was forced to strip in a McDonald's restaurant office after someone called posing as a police officer. The appellate court on Friday ruled that Illinois-based McDonald's...
Tags: McDonald’s Corp., appeals court, Louise Ogborn, McDonald's Corp., Kentucky, court upholds, strip searched, Louisville, Fraud, Strip search prank call scam, Punitive damages, Damages, Judicial remedies, McDonald's legal cases, Abuse, Human Interest, Law Crime, Prank call, McDonald's, Fast food, Jury
Woman wins $300M verdict in tobacco suit
Fort Lauderdale :: FL :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility Phillip Morris says it will appeal the $300 million awarded a Florida woman who claimed the tobacco company hid the addictive and harmful nature of cigarettes. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Friday Fort Lauderdale office manager Cindy Naugle...
Tags: Philip Morris USA, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Cindy Naugle, tobacco companies, Broward Circuit Court, Broward County Circuit Court, million dollar, largest awarded, Fort Lauderdale, Sentinel, Jim Naugle, Fort Lauderdale Florida, Law Crime, Jury, Legal procedure, Tobacco, Altria Group, Tobacco industry, Damages, Punitive damages, Judicial remedies, Cigarettes, Smoking, Tobacco politics, Howard Engle
Producer Must Pay Landscaper
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility The award came after a five-week trial over a $3 million contract dispute between Peters and Gonzales, involving workon Peters’s El Capitan Ranch along the Gaviota coast. Gonzales charged that Peters refused to pay the full amount, claiming he should...
Tags: Jon Peters, Arturo Gonzales, punitive damages, Los Angeles
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