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"A federal jury in an SPLC case today awarded $14 million in compensatory and punitive damages to five Indian guest workers who were defrauded and exploited in a labor trafficking scheme engineered by a Gulf Coast marine services company, an immigration...

NEW YORK — (Mealey’s) A New York County jury on July 23 awarded $190 million to plaintiffs in five asbestos cases consolidated for trial, sources told Mealey Publications ( Santo Assenzio v. A.O. Smith Water Products , Robert Brunck v A.O...

" A jury ordered a labor recruiting firm and its owner Monday to pay $4.5 million to 350 Filipino teachers they lured to teach in Louisiana public schools and forced into exploitive contracts after arriving in the United States through the federal...

After losing a $13.78 jury verdict in April, 2012 the defendants persuaded the judge that the plaintiffs failed to prove that the defendants actually posted the anonymous libel. The plaintiffs, Mark and Rhonda Lesher, did get IP (Internet Protocol) addresses...

We'd like to believe that everyone who ends up in jail deserves it. After all, there are safeguards in place - a professional police force to investigate, an impartial judge to oversee the case, and a jury of peers to review the evidence. Unfortunately...

On April 13, 2012, The Boeing Company and a subsidiary, Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc., successfully wiped out a $577,000,000 judgment that ICO Global Communications, Ltd. had obtained in 2008. 2012 Jury Verdicts LEXIS 4281 . In an unpublished...

In yet another case against former nursing home giant Trans Healthcare, Inc., Tampa law firm Wilkes & McHugh has obtained its fourth multi-million verdict, this one actually reaching $1.1 billion, including punitive damages, in Polk County Circuit...

California jury finds that Playtex deliberately deceived consumers regarding odor control abilities of its Diaper Genie Elite KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Lathrop & Gage LLP on July 26 announced that it won a significant jury verdict on behalf of its client...

The LexisNexis Verdict & Settlement Offering is the combination of the largest, most comprehensive collection of verdict content COMBINED with a powerful new tool, Verdict & Settlement Analyzer , which helps you more easily and efficiently search...

Saturday, Aug. 14, marked the long-anticipated release of Verdict & Settlement Analyzer (VSA), a timesaving case valuation tool that quantifies judgments and awards, so attorneys can easily analyze exposure and communicate case strategy options to...

What is the LexisNexis Verdict & Settlement Offering? The LexisNexis Verdict & Settlement Offering is the combination of the largest, most comprehensive collection of verdict content COMBINED with a powerful new tool, Verdict & Settlement...

You asked and WE LISTENED - new enhancements now available at www.lexis.com . Several new enhancements were released this week based on your feedback which include: E-Mail Forgotten ID LexisNexis ID can be retrieved just like forgotten passwords...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — (Mealey’s) A California state court jury on March 5 awarded $5.7 million to a plaintiff in an Ethicon pelvic mesh injury trial ( Colleen Perry, et al. v. Ethicon Inc., et al. , No. S-1500-CV-279123, Calif. Super., Kern...

ORLANDO, Fla. — (Mealey’s) A Florida federal jury on Sept. 20 found that Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. failed to warn a cancer patient about the risk of osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) and awarded her $1.3 million in medical expenses and non...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — (Mealey’s) A West Virginia federal jury on Sept. 5 returned a $3.27 million verdict in the second Ethicon Inc. multidistrict litigation pelvic mesh bellwether trial (Jo Huskey, et al. v. Ethicon, Inc., et al., No. 2:12...