Jury awards $90 million to pipefitter with mesothelioma
A 12-person jury in Illinois has awarded almost $90 million – including $80 million in punitives – against four defendants in a suit brought by a former pipefitter suffering from mesothelioma. Charles...
View ArticleMan settles with city for $15.5 million over wrongful conviction
A businessman who spent several years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of molesting his stepdaughter has reached a $15.5 settlement with the Kansas City suburb of Lee’s Summit. Read the full...
View ArticleJury awards $89.6 million to pipefitter with mesothelioma
A 12-person jury in Illinois awarded $89.6 million – $80 million of it in punitives – against four defendants in a suit brought by a former pipefitter suffering from mesothelioma. Charles Gillenwater,...
View ArticleJustices to decide government’s burden in case
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the governments bears the burden of proving that a defendant did not withdraw from a criminal conspiracy prior to the statute of limitations period once he...
View ArticleDeprived dad wins $720K
A jury has awarded a Maryland father $720,000 in his lawsuit against his former wife and three other people, in which he claimed his ex-wife encouraged their 16-year-old daughter to run away and...
View ArticleCan state disbar a DA for former drug addictiction?
A district attorney in California claims the state bar has violated his civil rights by trying to disbar him for being a former drug addict. Jon Michael Alexander says he has been sober since kicking...
View ArticleJustices ponder who bears burden in conspiracy case
WASHINGTON – During oral arguments on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court had the challenging task of determining whether the prosecution or the defense has the burden of proving at trial whether the...
View ArticleFormer principal wins, then loses, $155.7 million verdict
The former principal of a successful charter school has won a disputed $155.7 million verdict against the city manager for destroying her reputation. However, the plaintiff lost her courtroom victory...
View ArticleDrug defendant must show withdrawal from conspiracy
A criminal defendant bears the burden of establishing the defense that he withdrew from a drug distribution conspiracy outside the statute of limitations, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The decision...
View ArticleCRIMINAL LAW
A criminal defendant bears the burden of establishing the defense that he withdrew from a drug distribution conspiracy outside the statute of limitations. See “Drug defendant must show withdrawal from...
View ArticleJury awards $90 million to pipefitter with mesothelioma
A 12-person jury in Illinois has awarded almost $90 million – including $80 million in punitives – against four defendants in a suit brought by a former pipefitter suffering from mesothelioma. Charles...
View ArticleMan settles with city for $15.5 million over wrongful conviction
A businessman who spent several years in prison after he was wrongfully convicted of molesting his stepdaughter has reached a $15.5 settlement with the Kansas City suburb of Lee’s Summit. Read the full...
View ArticleJury awards $89.6 million to pipefitter with mesothelioma
A 12-person jury in Illinois awarded $89.6 million – $80 million of it in punitives – against four defendants in a suit brought by a former pipefitter suffering from mesothelioma. Charles Gillenwater,...
View ArticleJustices to decide government’s burden in case
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the governments bears the burden of proving that a defendant did not withdraw from a criminal conspiracy prior to the statute of limitations period once he...
View ArticleDeprived dad wins $720K
A jury has awarded a Maryland father $720,000 in his lawsuit against his former wife and three other people, in which he claimed his ex-wife encouraged their 16-year-old daughter to run away and...
View ArticleCan state disbar a DA for former drug addictiction?
A district attorney in California claims the state bar has violated his civil rights by trying to disbar him for being a former drug addict. Jon Michael Alexander says he has been sober since kicking...
View ArticleJustices ponder who bears burden in conspiracy case
WASHINGTON – During oral arguments on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court had the challenging task of determining whether the prosecution or the defense has the burden of proving at trial whether the...
View ArticleFormer principal wins, then loses, $155.7 million verdict
The former principal of a successful charter school has won a disputed $155.7 million verdict against the city manager for destroying her reputation. However, the plaintiff lost her courtroom victory...
View ArticleDrug defendant must show withdrawal from conspiracy
A criminal defendant bears the burden of establishing the defense that he withdrew from a drug distribution conspiracy outside the statute of limitations, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The decision...
View ArticleCRIMINAL LAW
A criminal defendant bears the burden of establishing the defense that he withdrew from a drug distribution conspiracy outside the statute of limitations. See “Drug defendant must show withdrawal from...
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