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The court's opinion makes it clear that the conduct of the defendant was reprehensible. The court reduced the amount of punitive damages, not because of the nature of the conduct, or because of the court's own feelings about the conduct, but rather on its analysis of Supreme Court law on the constitutionality of the ratio between compensatory and punitive damages, said the plaintiff's attorney, Jamie Bordas of Bordas & Bordas in Pittsburgh.

Given how 'vast' the social media universe is on the Internet, and how access to, and the ability to search for, social media posts may vary from platform to platform and even from post to post, that determination requires consideration of the totality of the circumstances regarding the social media posting, including the extent of its distribution, and the accessibility and searchability of the posting, Chief Justice Scott L. Kafker said.

Castillo alleges that the dangerous chemicals present in the Grape Sports Drink compromised its safety and fitness for consumption The FAC states that PFAS found in Defendant’s product are 'poisonous or deleterious' and 'indisputably linked to negative health consequences.' Further, the PFOA and PFOS found in the product exceed the EPA’s recommended limit for drinking water. These allegations are sufficient at this stage, wrote U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguí.

Loyola has shown deliberate indifference to known acts of sexual assault and harassment for at least the past decade, the complaint said.

In short, Mr. McGuire is right. The prior policy’s exclusion didn’t exclude UM/UIM coverage for an unlicensed driver. And the one product policy clearly does, wrote U.S. District Judge Nicholas Ranjan of the Western District of Pennsylvania.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania denied Lyft's motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Lyft driver who claimed he was entitled to uninsured motorist coverage following a car accident, with the court concluding he successfully established that Lyft agreed to cover him in the event he was injured.

U.S. District Judge Gerald J. Pappert determined a terms of service agreement and the driver guidebook promise was a binding contract between Lyft and one of its drivers, Khalid Ahtasham.

Two patent infringement suits filed this week in Texas accuse jewelry company Kendra Scott and fitness apparel retailer Lululemon of infringing on online business retailer Andra Group's patent by featuring virtual showrooms on their websites.

The complaints were first surfaced by Law Radar, ALM’s source for immediate alerting on just-filed cases in state and federal courts.

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