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Nuclear verdict alert: almost $50M against a mystery Texas trucking company

SONAR Sitrep: How nuclear verdicts are reshaping carrier economics

Commercial trucking carriers are in an increasingly expensive legal bullseye due to costly nuclear verdicts from civil lawsuits. The post SONAR Sitrep: How nuclear verdicts are res...

Jury awards $104M in wrongful death verdict against major US carrier

A jury handed down a wrongful death verdict against Mesilla Valley Transportation in a case centered on alleged driver fatigue and safety policies. The post Jury awards $104M in wr...

Another California “Thermonuclear” Verdict: $105 Million to Employee Who Reported Workplace Harassment

One crash, 3 trucking firms found liable in California nuclear verdict

A crash involving an independent owner operator ultimately caught up 3 carriers in case involving vicarious responsibility. The post One crash, 3 trucking firms found liable in Cal...

$103 Million “Thermonuclear” Age Discrimination Verdict Overturned In Los Angeles

In a welcome reminder that eye-popping punitive damage awards still face meaningful judicial scrutiny, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge has struck down an $83 million punitive da...

$34M award largely persists after fatal crash

Read the ruling here. Source: Courthouse News Service

$34M award largely persists after fatal crash

Read the ruling here. Source: Courthouse News Service

'Sweeping Expansion of Survival Recovery?': Appeals Court Upholds $45M Talc Verdict

"The majority's decision will now turn shortened life expectancy damages into a routine component of every survival action paired with a wrongful death claim," one judge said.     ...

Jury slaps millions more in punitive damages for LA socialite Rebecca Grossman

The jury originally awarded $176M to the family of two young boys killed by Rebecca Grossman, finding both her and her ex-lover liable in the deadly crash.

How a Record Punitive Damages Award Changed Tobacco Litigation in Massachusetts

One jury's billion dollar punitive damages verdict changed the trend of litigation against Big Tobacco in Massachusetts, data from Law.com Radar shows.       

Landmark $101 Million Verdict Awarded in North Carolina Personal Injury Lawsuit

Award is Believed to Be the Largest Personal Injury Lawsuit Verdict in North Carolina History

Law.com's Top 100 Verdicts of 2025

The nation's highest-ranking verdicts were compiled by Law.com analyst team VerdictSearch.       

Florida Supreme Court Ruling Could Mean New Pressure to Settle High-Dollar Lawsuits

A lawsuit brought by the former head of Marvel Entertainment made headlines around the country last November when it resulted in a $50 million jury verdict against Isaac Perlmutter...

Jury Awards $176M for Wrongful Deaths of Brothers Hit by California Socialite’s Car

A Los Angeles jury has awarded $176 million to the parents of two young brothers killed in a hit-and-run collision when a California socialite’s car struck them in a crosswalk near...

Recent Verdicts Are Shaping NEC Baby Formula Lawsuits

Recent multimillion-dollar jury verdicts in Illinois are fundamentally changing the landscape for families filing NEC baby formula lawsuits.  In April 2026, a Cook County jury orde...

Supreme Court Leaves Door Open to State-Law-Based Tort Liability for Nuclear Licensees

The Supreme Court declined to review the Eighth Circuit’s decision in Mazzocchio v. Cotter Corp., even the though the United States had advised the Court that the case had been inc...

'The Definition of Nuisance': Dozens of Lawsuits Filed Over Mass Evacuations Near SoCal Aerospace Plant

Prominent plaintiffs' firms such as Morgan & Morgan, Seeger Weiss and Weitz & Luxenberg have filed lawsuits against GKN Aerospace, which operates a site near Garden Grove,...

Motor Vehicle Negligence – Defense points to plaintiff’s prior collision, stressors

Stafford County Circuit Court awards $175,000 verdict in Milligan v. Green involving concussion and PTSD claims from a 2017 motor vehicle collision. The post Motor Vehicle Negligen...

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Judge Eviscerates Class Counsel's $85M Fee Request in Google Case, Report...

This week: A federal judge in California called class counsel's fee request in a $700 million Google settlement “patently unreasonable and “shockingly huge. A report this month a...

Court Awards $400M Default Judgment Against North Korea to Victims of 1968 Attack on U.S.S. Pueblo

A short excerpt from the long opinion in Does v. Democratic People's Republic of N. Korea, decided yesterday by Judge… The post Court Awards $400M Default Judgment Against North Ko...

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Prominent Firms Bring Class Actions For 50,000 Californians Evacuated, Wil...

This week: Prominent plaintiffs firms Morgan & Morgan, Seeger Weiss and Weitz & Luxenberg filed at least a dozen class actions against an aerospace company after a potentia...

Judge Won’t Bend on $256M Defamation/RICO Verdict Against Human Rights Lawyer

A federal judge won’t disturb a $256 million jury verdict in a long-running libel and RICO lawsuit against a plaintiffs’ lawyer who had charged an Alabama coal company with human r...

Rebecca Grossman and ex-Dodger should pay nearly $200 million in boys' deaths, jury finds

Rebecca Grossman should pay $21 million and her former lover Scott Erickson $1.17 million in punitive damages to the family of two young brothers who were killed by Grossman when s...