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What Are Punitive Damages?

June 25, 2021 By Staff - s.r. Leave a Comment

Damages for personal injury

If you are considering filing a personal injury lawsuit, or have already filed one, you have heard the term “damages” discussed. In your search for a lawyer, you may have seen websites that talk about getting you the damages that you deserve. You may ask, “What does that mean?” And you specifically wonder what punitive damages are. At Springer & Lyle, we help you understand what the term “damages” means in a personal injury lawsuit. We want you to understand the term “punitive damages” and why you may or may not be entitled to that type of damages, depending on the … [Read more...]

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5th Circuit to Decide If Judge Correctly Appointed Receiver

July 25, 2011 By admin Leave a Comment

From The Texas Lawyer, July 25, 2011 Can a federal judge put what he calls a "vexatious litigant" into receivership after the litigant allegedly fails to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees to more than 20 lawyers and law firms? That is one of the questions the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering in an appeal brought by a businessman and his company. On May 28, 2009, Netsphere filed its original complaint in Netsphere, et al. v. Jeffrey Baron and Ondova Limited Co. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Netsphere sued Baron and his company, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bar Related Tagged With: Attorney, Attorney’s Fees, Bankruptcy, Damages, Denton, Lawyers, liability, Litigation, Loser Pays, Personal Injury, Punitive Damages, Reciever, Recievership, Texas, vexatious litigant

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Honda Worldwide Recall of Sedans, Minivans, SUVs

By Deepa Seetharaman and Bernie Woodall of Reuters. Honda Motor Co Ltd plans to recall nearly 2 1/2 million vehicles: small SUVs, cars and minivans worldwide. This includes the popular Accord sedan. … [Read More…]

Hip Implant Complaints Increase, While Dangers Are Reviewed

By BARRY MEIER and JANET ROBERTS of the New York Times Published: August 22, 2011 The federal government has received a surge in complaints in recent months about failed hip replacements, suggesting … [Read More…]

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No Better Care, Thanks to Tort Reform

Published in The Texas Tribune by guest columnist, Charles M. Silver In 2006, Dr. Howard Marcus wrote that Texas’ 2003 tort reform statute sparked an “amazing turnaround” in which doctors came … [Read More…]

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