In a case of first impression, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a $5 million award of punitive damages in the context of a negligent misrepresentation and found possible future harm to the public to be an appropriate factor in deciding whether punitive damages should be awarded. In Brand …
The Georgia Supreme Court has raised the bar on when a party must preserve evidence. It is clear that the duty to preserve relevant evidence arises when litigation is reasonably foreseeable to the party in control of evidence. Actual notice from a potential plaintiff clearly makes litigation foreseeable. However, constructive …
On March 30, 2015, a Philadelphia jury awarded $38.5 million in punitive damages to the families of two women that were shot and killed in a shooting at a Kraft Foods Plant against the unarmed security provider whose employees were hired to guard the plant. In February 2015, a jury …
Davidson v. Meticulously Clean Sweepers LLC is a premises liability case where the plaintiff fell on black ice on a ramp outside a Macon, Georgia shopping center and sued the cleaning services company and shopping center owner. The cleaning company had a contract with the shopping center to provide sweeping …
The Georgia Supreme Court favors plaintiffs, ruling that it is a jury question whether a business owner is liable for a police officer’s actions. In a ruling favorable to the plaintiff’s bar, in determining who may be responsible for the actions of an off-duty cop while doing side or “extra …