After an accident, you likely already know that you are entitled to compensatory damages. These are damages intended to compensate you for your financial and intangible losses, such as medical bills, ...

Punitive damages continue to generate headlines and heated debate across the country. As New York practitioners are well aware, the U.S. Supreme Court has in recent years addressed the due process ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Under Section 104 of the tax code, compensatory damages for ...

This article was first published by New Mexico In Depth. Read more at https://nmindepth.com. Responding to doctors’ concerns that New Mexico’s malpractice system is making it hard to practice medicine ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit's (Seventh Circuit) decision in Curry v. Revolution Laboratories, LLC, 124 F.4th 441 (7th Cir. 2024), has drawn attention to the interplay between ...

This column continues last week's discussion of our doctor shortage and suggests tougher steps some trial lawyers might oppose. We should change the standard of proof required to get punitive damage.

During this year’s legislative session, there has been discussion about “punitive damages.” As a consumer protection lawyer who helps people defrauded by big corporations, I know the proposed changes ...

Plaintiffs could more easily win punitive damages under a General Assembly bill that seeks to increase education funding. The bill would lower the standard for punitive damages, requiring plaintiffs ...

The top lawyer for the federal government’s workplace discrimination watchdog slammed statutory damage caps last week after a judge significantly reduced a large jury award from last year. Omaha-based ...