Lawyers USA Online » remittitur http://lawyersusaonline.com Your Business Partner Wed, 22 May 2013 18:13:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Benchmarks: Lawyer’s theatrics didn’t justify $4M cut in verdict  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/11/benchmarks-lawyers-theatrics-didnt-justify-4m-cut-in-verdict/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/11/benchmarks-lawyers-theatrics-didnt-justify-4m-cut-in-verdict/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:43:44 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90506 The Virginia Supreme Court has restored $4 million to a wrongful death verdict, deciding that the jury’s award could not be reduced simply because of the trial antics of the plaintiff’s lawyer.

On June 21, 2007, William Sprouse was driving a loaded concrete truck east on the Thomas Jefferson Parkway
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/11/benchmarks-lawyers-theatrics-didnt-justify-4m-cut-in-verdict/feed/ 0 Age bias plaintiff’s emotional distress damages cut again  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/02/age-bias-plaintiffs-emotional-distress-damages-cut-again/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/02/age-bias-plaintiffs-emotional-distress-damages-cut-again/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:23:35 +0000 Sylvia Hsieh http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=88915 A 63-year-old age discrimination plaintiff who won a $2.25 million jury award for retaliation will have his emotional distress damages cut for the second time, the 1st Circuit has ruled.

A federal jury awarded the plaintiff $1 million for emotional distress ($750,000 in front pay and $500,000 in back
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2012/11/02/age-bias-plaintiffs-emotional-distress-damages-cut-again/feed/ 0 Court reinstates $675K music downloading verdict  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/09/22/court-reinstates-675k-music-downloading-verdict/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/09/22/court-reinstates-675k-music-downloading-verdict/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:56:57 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/09/22/court-reinstates-675k-music-downloading-verdict/ A judge could not reduce a copyright verdict against a music downloader on constitutional grounds without first addressing the defendant’s motion for remittitur, the 1st Circuit has ruled in reversing judgment.

A number of companies in the recording industry sued under the Copyright Act, alleging that the defendant infringed the
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/09/22/court-reinstates-675k-music-downloading-verdict/feed/ 0 Fosamax verdict reduced, counsel sanctioned  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2010/10/07/fosamax-verdict-reduced-counsel-sanctioned/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2010/10/07/fosamax-verdict-reduced-counsel-sanctioned/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:12:55 +0000 Correy Stephenson http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=74124 An $8 million verdict for a plaintiff who suffered from osteonecrosis of the jaw after taking Fosamax is excessive, and the plaintiff must choose between a new trial on damages or a remittitur to $1.5 million, a U.S. District Court has
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