Damages

Appellate Court Recap: Biogas Company’s $6 Million Verdict Revisited, $868,000 Damages Upheld

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Denver, CO – The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has provided further clarification on a previous ruling regarding a breach of contract case involving a biogas company. In their decision, the court allowed for almost $900,000 in damages to stand, despite vacating a $6 million jury award. The ruling came as a partial granting of a petition for rehearing from Lambland Inc., an organic recycling service. The court acknowledged and upheld the jury’s verdict of $868,000 in diversion damages. Lambland had filed a lawsuit against Heartland Biogas LLC, alleging a breach of their 2015 agreement. … Read more

Egg Producers Ordered to Pay $53 Million in Damages Following Conspiracy to Limit Supply

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INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana – A federal jury in Illinois has awarded $17.7 million in damages, which has tripled to more than $53 million under federal law, to several food manufacturing companies who had filed a lawsuit against major egg producers. The lawsuit alleged that the egg producers conspired to limit the egg supply in the United States. The jury’s ruling, which came last week, found that the egg producers used various methods to restrict the domestic supply of eggs in order to drive up prices from 2004 to 2008. The defendants in the case, however, have … Read more

New York City Mayor Files Lawsuit Against Bus Companies Over Texas Migrant Transport, Seeking $708 Million in Damages

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NEW YORK CITY – The administration of Mayor Eric Adams has filed a lawsuit against 17 bus companies for transporting 33,000 migrants from Texas. The lawsuit, filed in the New York Supreme Court, alleges that Texas violated New York Social Services Law as part of Governor Greg Abbott’s plan to expel migrants who illegally crossed the US-Mexico border. In response to an influx of migrants in 2022, Abbott implemented a strategy to transport those arriving in the US from Mexico to Democratic states across the country. The lawsuit claims that these bus companies, directed by … Read more

Former Georgia Election Workers Awarded $148 Million in Damages in Defamation Lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani

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Atlanta, Georgia – A jury has awarded $148 million in damages to two former Georgia election workers in a defamation case against Rudy Giuliani. The workers, Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, sued Giuliani after he spread false statements about them in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. These lies led to a barrage of harassment and threats against the two women. Giuliani, the personal lawyer of former President Donald Trump, was already found liable of defamation in the case. The jury had to determine the amount Giuliani would pay in damages. After deliberating for … Read more