News & Analysis as of

Jury Verdicts Wrongful Death

Marshall Dennehey

Appellate Court Affirms Wrongful Death Verdict, Upholds Damages for Pre-Impact Terror, Pain and Suffering, and Economic Loss

Marshall Dennehey on

Archer v. Parlman, 235 A.D.3d 1218 (N.Y. App. Div. 2025) - On appeal, the Supreme Court of New York, Appellate Division affirmed a trial court’s decision to deny the defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict in a wrongful...more

Hanson Bridgett

Tesla's “Nuclear” Verdict: Potential Impacts on Autonomous Truck Technology

Hanson Bridgett on

On August 1, 2025, a Florida jury returned a verdict totaling $243,000,000 against Tesla, Inc. in the consolidated cases Neima Benavides v. Tesla and Dillon Angulo v. Tesla. These cases caught public attention because of the...more

Cozen O'Connor

Texas Supreme Court Narrows Employer Liability and Explains Standard for Proximate Cause

Cozen O'Connor on

In a significant decision issued on June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court of Texas reversed a jury verdict awarding over $89 million in damages in favor of the plaintiffs in Werner Enterprises, Inc. v. Blake, holding that the...more

Baker Donelson

Right Sizing Nuclear Verdicts: Reforming Tort Litigation in Texas

Baker Donelson on

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Texas was the beneficiary of sweeping tort reform legislation, particularly in medical malpractice cases. The Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 capped damages for those...more

Goldberg Segalla

Jury Verdict Reversed and Remanded on Appeal in California

Goldberg Segalla on

Court: Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate District, Division Two -   Plaintiff Steven Watts filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Alameda County, California naming 36 defendants who were alleged to have...more

Benesch

Trailer Manufacturing, Leasing, Interchange Liability

Benesch on

The trucking industry recently received 450 million reasons to pay closer attention to best practices for trailer safety and the business relationships involving trailer use. On September 5, 2024, plaintiffs suing trailer...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

Punitive Damages Are Now Available in Wrongful Death and Survival Claims in Illinois

A new Illinois law that aims to increase jury awards demonstrates that juries are not the only culprits of social inflation. Certainly, juries can render nuclear and thermonuclear verdicts, disregard jury instructions, place...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

What to Watch Out For: Plaintiffs Can Recover for Decedents’ Pain and Suffering

Tyson & Mendes LLP on

Throughout California and the United States, there is a rising trend of Nuclear Verdicts™, defined as jury verdicts in excess of $10 million or that are wildly disproportionate to the injuries in the case.  A new Senate Bill...more

White and Williams LLP

A Divided Florida Supreme Court Drastically Expands Liability for Bad Faith Claims

White and Williams LLP on

In a highly anticipated decision, a sharply divided Florida Supreme Court reversed the decision of the state’s Fourth District Court of Appeal and reinstated a jury’s $9.2 million verdict against GEICO for the insurer’s...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

What Can A Company Expect After Losing A Major Personal Injury Case At Trial? Getting Sued Again For The Same Injury, To The Same...

Miles & Stockbridge P.C. on

For a company doing business in Maryland, navigating the landscape of survival and wrongful death claims can be succinctly summed up by the “Relationship Status” often seen on the profiles of Facebook users: “It’s...more

Fisher Phillips

Startlingly Large Verdict Reminds Employers of the Perils of Workplace Safety Failings

Fisher Phillips on

Never having to tell a wife or child that their loved one was killed at your worksite is reason enough to maintain a safe workplace, but businesspeople would be foolish not to also consider the legal costs of unsafe work...more

Snell & Wilmer

Arizona Civil Verdicts 2014

Snell & Wilmer on

Courage. Trial lawyers have lots of important traits and skills, and courage is at the top of the list. To be able to speak confidently to the jury who holds your client’s case in its hands, to tell that story in a way that...more

12 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide