Five weeks after a Pennsylvania federal jury handed up a $21.3 million verdict in an insurance bad faith case, the trial judge slashed the jury's punitive damages award from $20 million to $4.5 million. In reducing the punitive award, Judge Donetta W. Ambrose applied a three-factor test set out by the U.S. Supreme Court in BMW of North America v. Gore . Now defense lawyers are urging Ambrose to toss out the entire verdict, which stands at $5.8 million, or grant a new trial.
April 14, 2006 at 12:00 AM
1 minute read
The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Five weeks after a federal jury in Pittsburgh handed up a $21.3 million verdict in Gallatin Fuels Inc. v. Westchester Fire Insurance Co., an insurance bad faith case, the trial judge slashed the jury’s punitive damages award from $20 million to $4.5 million.
Now defense lawyers are urging Chief U.S. District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose to toss out the entire verdict, which stands at $5.8 million, or grant a new trial.
Presented by BigVoodoo
Law firms & in-house legal departments with a presence in the middle east celebrate outstanding achievement within the profession.
The premier educational and networking event for employee benefits brokers and agents.
The Legal Intelligencer honors lawyers leaving a mark on the legal community in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Atlanta s John Marshall Law School is seeking to hire one or more full-time, visiting Legal WritingInstructors to teach Legal Research, Anal...
Shipman is seeking an associate to join our Labor & Employment practice in our Hartford, New Haven, or Stamford office. Candidates shou...
Evergreen Trading is a media investment firm headquartered in NYC. We help brands achieve their goals by leveraging their unwanted assets to...
MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS
