Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote last year’s 5-4 U.S. Supreme Court decision ordering the Oregon Supreme Court to reconsider a $79.5 million punitive damages award, a ruling the Oregon justices…
A lawsuit filed by the family of a Wal-Mart worker trampled to death by after-Thanksgiving shoppers contends advertising touting deep discounts led to “crowd craze.”
The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the familiar today when it hears arguments on whether to set aside a $79.5 million punitive damages award against tobacco giant Philip Morris.
A federal jury in San Francisco has ruled for Chevron in a case brought on behalf of Nigerian victims of a military shooting during a protest on the company’s oil…
An unidentified Kansas man allegedly came close to pulling off an ATM heist early yesterday, after he reportedly stole a skid loader and not only used it to pry a…
A 53-year-old Washington state accountant who voluntarily went to the local police station as a witness and wound up as a defendant in an obstruction case, after being jolted twice…
Lawyers in diverse practice areas ranging from labor law to bankruptcy are likely to benefit from legal changes that could be made during the Obama administration.
Nearly 25 years after a catastrophic accident in Bhopal, India, killed thousands of people, a federal appeals court in the U.S. has reinstated a 2004 lawsuit concerning those allegedly exposed…
Actor Keanu Reeves was found not to be liable for a photographer’s injuries last year after the paparazzo apparently got too close to his upscale vehicle.
Saving $1,000 to $1,500 by not installing guardrails on top of a $1 million cargo elevator, as the original design called for, cost two elevator companies $2.17 million yesterday.
An 8-year-old boy aiming a 9 mm Micro Uzi at a pumpkin on a Connecticut firing range Sunday accidentally shot himself instead as the submachine gun recoiled and he apparently…
A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered Chevron to take down sponsored Google links to a website providing the company’s spin on an incident that resulted in the death…
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