Most people know they can get compensation after an accident caused by another person’s negligence. Things get a little fuzzy when it comes to the ...

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 ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A group convened by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to come to an agreement on changing the state’s medical malpractice law was still ...

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 ...

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 ...

On Wednesday, a Connecticut judge added $10 million in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson after a jury's $15 million verdict last year to a man who alleged its baby powder caused his ...

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 ...