This post is a bit tardy, but here’s a link to the July 26 L.A. Times story about a ruling that reduced the $2 billion Roundup punitive damages award to $87 million (and reduced the $55 million compensatory damages award to $17.3 million).
Law 360 reports that U.S.District Judge Vince Chhabria has reduced a $75 million punitive damages award to $20 million in a Roundup-based lawsuit against Monsanto. The compensatory damages are roughly $5.2 million.
[Disclosure: Horvitz & Levy represents Monsanto in Roundup litigation]
Law 360 reports that U.S.District Judge Vince Chhabria has reduced a $75 million punitive damages award to $20 million in a Roundup-based lawsuit against Monsanto. The compensatory damages are roughly $5.2 million.
[Disclosure: Horvitz & Levy represents Monsanto in Roundup litigation]
The LA Times reports that a jury awarded $13.3 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages against Huy Fong Foods, Inc., the maker of Sriracha sauce.
The plaintiff is Underwood Ranches, who had supplied Huy Fong with jalapeno peppers. Underwood claimed they suffered dramatic losses when Huy Fong abruptly terminated their contract. The story doesn’t explain the basis for punitive damages, which ordinarily aren’t available in contract disputes.
The LA Times reports that a jury awarded $13.3 million in compensatory damages and $10 million in punitive damages against Huy Fong Foods, Inc., the maker of Sriracha sauce.
The plaintiff is Underwood Ranches, who had supplied Huy Fong with jalapeno peppers. Underwood claimed they suffered dramatic losses when Huy Fong abruptly terminated their contract. The story doesn’t explain the basis for punitive damages, which ordinarily aren’t available in contract disputes.
We previously reported on the punitive damages awarded against Oberlin college for libel, and the fight between the parties on how to apply Ohio’s cap on punitive damages. The trial court appears to have adopted the plaintiffs’ argument that the cap, which limits punitive damages to twice the amount of compensatory damages, applies to the amount of compensatory damages awarded by the jury, not the amount of compensatory damages after reduction of those damages due to a separate cap on noneconomic damages.
As a result, the court has entered a judgment in the amount of $25 million. The jury awarded $44.2 million and the college was seeking to have it reduced to $14.2 million.
View the judgment here (link courtesy of Legal Insurrection).
We previously reported on the punitive damages awarded against Oberlin college for libel, and the fight between the parties on how to apply Ohio’s cap on punitive damages. The trial court appears to have adopted the plaintiffs’ argument that the cap, which limits punitive damages to twice the amount of compensatory damages, applies to the amount of compensatory damages awarded by the jury, not the amount of compensatory damages after reduction of those damages due to a separate cap on noneconomic damages.
As a result, the court has entered a judgment in the amount of $25 million. The jury awarded $44.2 million and the college was seeking to have it reduced to $14.2 million.
View the judgment here (link courtesy of Legal Insurrection).
The Wall Street journal reports that a New York jury has awarded $300 million in punitive damages, on top of $25 million in compensatory damages, to a woman who claimed she developed mesothelioma from using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder, which she alleges contained asbestos-contaminated talc.
The Wall Street journal reports that a New York jury has awarded $300 million in punitive damages, on top of $25 million in compensatory damages, to a woman who claimed she developed mesothelioma from using Johnson & Johnson’s baby powder, which she alleges contained asbestos-contaminated talc.
The New Jersey Law Journal reports that a jury in Philadelphia has awarded more than $80 million, including $50 million in punitive damages, to a woman who claimed she was injured by a pelvic mesh device made by Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Ethicon.
If this story sounds familiar, that’s because a different Philadelphia returned a $120 million verdict about a month ago, in a case involving the same product.