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Punitive Damages Strict Liability

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Inverse Condemnation/Nuisance: Benton Apartment Complex Owner Files Federal District Court Judicial Action Against...

Benton Housing Associates Limited Partnership (“Benton Housing”) filed on August 9th in the United States District Court for the District of Arkansas (Central Division) a Complaint against the following defendants: City...more

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“Yet Now, Federated Along One Keel” – United States Supreme Court Resolves Fifth/Ninth Circuit Split, Unequivocally Rejects...

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Yet now, federated along one keel… MOBY DICK, HERMAN MELVILLE, Chap. XXVII - In the wake of Justice Thomas’s landmark decision in Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend, American maritime jurisprudence was left with its...more

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Supreme Court To Decide Whether Punitive Damages May Be Awarded In Connection With Unseaworthiness Claims

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When the Supreme Court agrees to hear a punitive damages case, that’s always news—even when the case involves something as arcane as the availability of punitive damages under maritime law....more

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Ruling Highlights Importance of Attacking Punitive Damages When Seeking Summary Judgment

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Earlier this month, a federal judge denied two multidistrict litigation (MDL) defendants’ bid to dismiss punitive damages in a pelvic mesh suit because they did “not present any arguments” specific to punitive damages,...more

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