punitive damages

pIn a hotly contested legal battle in Sacramento, California, a jury awarded three plaintiffs $73 million in a lawsuit claiming that the Ford Motor Company was negligent and exhibited “despicable conduct” as well as “maliciousness or oppression” over their failure to warn customers and dealers that it had a defective tire on a 15-passenger E-350 Econoline van which plaintiffs claim was unsafe in its own rig [...]

On November 10, Kyle Malcolm Washington led police on a chase that included speeding, running stop signs, and endangering construction workers. He eventually struck a vehicle and then fled the scene of the Pennsylvania car accident. According to an article in The Delaware County Times, the driver of the vehicle that was struck suffered injuries. Motorists like Washington who fail to adhere to traffic laws and safe [...]

A Philadelphia jury is weighing punitive damages against drugmaker Wyeth. According to an article by the Associated Press, there is link between the Illinois woman’s breast cancer and the hormone-replacement drug she took. The woman’s case is one of many Prempro lawsuits to go to trial out of several thousand filed across the country. About 1,500 are pending in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia jury awarded $3.7 [...]

A Philadelphia jury awarded $2.5 million to a woman from Bensalem. The jury found that Paxil had caused heart problems in her 3-year-old son who required several surgeries after his birth to fix his heart. They ruled out additional punitive damages. The case was the first of about 600 lawsuits to go to trial on claims that the GlaxoSmithKline’s Paxil antidepressant caused birth defects in children whose mothers [...]

A Philadelphia jury awarded $2.5 million to a woman from Bensalem. The jury found that Paxil had caused heart problems in her 3-year-old son who required several surgeries after his birth to fix his heart. They ruled out additional punitive damages. The case was the first of about 600 lawsuits to go to trial on claims that the GlaxoSmithKline’s Paxil antidepressant caused birth defects in children whose mothers [...]

Natasha Richardson, the Tony Award-winning actress, died at the age of 45 Wednesday from head injuries caused by a fall during a skiing lesson in the Laurentian hills. According to one story, a spokeswoman for the ski resort, Lyne Lortie, said that Ms. Richardson was not wearing a helmet. “It was a normal fall; she didn’t hit anyone or anything,” Lortie said. “She didn’t show any signs of injury; she was [...]

A Philadelphia jury awarded $2.5 million to a woman from Bensalem. The jury found that Paxil had caused heart problems in her 3-year-old son who required several surgeries after his birth to fix his heart. They ruled out additional punitive damages. The case was the first of about 600 lawsuits to go to trial on claims that the GlaxoSmithKline’s Paxil antidepressant caused birth defects in children whose mothers [...]