punitive damages

Riley v. Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (9th Cir. 2022) 51 F.4th 896

“Reprehensible” diesel scam by car manufacturer merits damages boost, holds the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals

Anderson v. Ford Motor Company (2022) 74 Cal.App.5th 946

Court of Appeal affirms consumer’s victory against a car manufacturer for fraud and California Lemon Law violations

Morgan v. J-M Manufacturing Co., Inc. (2021) 60 Cal.App.5th 1078

GMSR obtains reversal of $15 million punitive damages award

Mata v. Liberty Utilities (Nov. 19, 2020, B293479) 2020 WL 6792382 [nonpublished opinion]

Court of Appeal affirms judgment notwithstanding the verdict for water utility

Court of Appeal affirms judgment notwithstanding the verdict for water utility

Plaintiff claimed take-home asbestos injury from his father’s job at GMSR’s client, a water utility, where the father occasionally cut asbestos pipe. The jury awarded compensatory and punitive damages. The trial court struck the punitive damages on the ground that there was no evidence that

McKindra v. Tharaldson Financial Group, Inc. (Nov. 11, 2019, E069896) 2019 WL 6125912 [nonpublished opinion]

Court of Appeal reverses compensatory and punitive damages and private attorney general fees in bed bug case

Court of Appeal reverses compensatory and punitive damages and private attorney general fees in bed bug case

GMSR’s client, the defendant hotel, admitted negligence after plaintiffs were briefly exposed to bed bugs in their hotel room.  The jury returned a verdict awarding substantial compensatory damages and punitive damages on an intentional infliction of emotional distress claim for one plaintiff, and compensatory damages

BMW v. Gore (1996) 517 U.S. 559

Constitutional limits on right to recover punitive damages (amicus curiae brief)

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