Defamation Costs Allstate $4M, Even After Court Erases Wrongful Termination Verdict October 28, 2020 By Jim Sams Allstate Insurance Co. was within its rights to fire Michael A. Tilkey from his $200,000-a-year job as a broker after...
Shot by Police, Thwarted by Judges and Geography August 25, 2020 By Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jackie Botts and Jaimi Dowdell FORT WORTH, Texas — When David Collie slipped off his shirt as he set out one sultry night to visit...
J&J Stung by New Jersey Court Ruling Reviving Talc Cancer Claims August 6, 2020 By Jef Feeley A New Jersey appeals court’s decision to revive two lawsuits accusing Johnson & Johnson’s iconic Baby Powder of causing cancer...
Bayer Loses California Appeal of Roundup Verdict, But Damages Are Reduced July 21, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel and Tina Bellon Bayer AG failed to persuade a California appeals court to overturn a verdict favoring a school groundskeeper who claimed its...
Texas Court Erases $13M From Jury Award for Offshore Oil Well Claim December 2, 2019 By Jim Sams A Texas appellate court shaved $13.6 million off of a jury’s award against Lloyds’ of London syndicates to the owner...
J&J Gets New Trial After $417 Million Talc Verdict July 11, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Edvard Pettersson Johnson & Johnson deserves a new trial after a jury ordered the world’s largest maker of health-care products to pay...
Bayer Loses Second Trial Over Claims Roundup Causes Cancer March 28, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt and Robert Burnson Bayer AG lost a second trial over claims its Roundup weed killer causes cancer, increasing pressure on the company to...
Jury Awards Seattle Duck Boat Crash Victims $123M February 11, 2019 A jury has awarded about $123 million to the victims and families of a 2015 duck boat crash that killed...
Rand Paul Awarded More Than $580K After Neighbor’s Attack February 5, 2019 By BRUCE SCHREINER U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was awarded more than $580,000 in damages and medical expenses on Wednesday in his lawsuit against...
Arkansas Woman Gets $3M Jury Award for Escalator-Mangled Toe December 10, 2018 Jurors have awarded a New York medical student $3 million after she suffered a gruesome toe injury while riding an...