All articles tagged with #damages
A Texas Third Court of Appeals slashed Infowars founder Alex Jones's $50 million Sandy Hook damages to $1.5 million, ruling harassment claims did not exceed the state's cap; the Connecticut $1.4 billion verdict remains, and Jones' bankruptcy proceedings continue.
The Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump’s latest attempt to overturn the civil verdict finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll, leaving the roughly $5 million damages award in place (Carroll has now received about $5.6 million with interest). Trump had sought rehearing and argued presidential immunity questions could affect the case, but the Court offered no explanation in its order and had previously denied a prior bid. A separate $83.3 million Carroll verdict in a different case remains unresolved, with the Court yet to rule on that challenge.
Donald Trump has paid about $5.6 million in damages to writer E. Jean Carroll, finalizing a civil verdict that found him liable for sexual abuse and defaming her. The payout includes interest accrued during the appeals process and came after a judge ordered payment despite Trump’s bid to delay so he could pursue Supreme Court review. Funds were held in a court-controlled account during the appeals period.
Court records show E. Jean Carroll received about $5.6 million in damages from Donald Trump for sexual abuse and defamation, with $5,625,005.48 disbursed to her lawyers on July 9 after a federal jury verdict and subsequent orders allowing collection, and an appeals court denied blocking the payment.
A Brazilian court ruled that Microsoft must restore a hacked Xbox account and pay about $400 in damages after the owner provided emails and support tickets to prove ownership; Microsoft deployed 12 lawyers to defend, but PROCON’s small-claims pathway enabled the ruling, a decision not expected to set a broad precedent but highlighting Brazil’s consumer protections as digital ownership and account access become central in an all-digital future.
A Brazilian small-claims court ordered Microsoft to restore a suspended Xbox account and all its games after the company told the hacked user to repurchase the library; Microsoft must pay about $400 (R$2,000) in damages and could face further penalties if it fails to comply within 15 days. The case, which centers on digital ownership of game accounts and related data, is a first‑instance decision and not a nationwide precedent.
Meta and other social platforms face a multi-state COPPA lawsuit accusing deceptive data practices. California and three other states seek up to about $1.4 trillion in damages, which Meta calls a “headline-seeking” figure that is “untethered from reality.” The case is part of a broader wave of child-privacy actions, involving about 29 states and potentially heading to trial in August, while Meta’s stock fluctuates as investors weigh AI and hardware investments.
A New York judge ordered the release, with interest, of about $5.8 million in damages that Trump owes E. Jean Carroll after a ruling finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her; Trump had sought to delay payment pending appeals, and Carroll’s claims arise from an alleged mid‑1990s incident at Bergdorf Goodman, with Trump appealing the release to a federal court of appeals.
E. Jean Carroll is pressing for an expedited payment of about $5.8 million after a jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation; the Supreme Court declined to overturn the $5 million verdict, allowing lower court rulings to stand. Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered Trump’s team to respond by July 7. Carroll’s lawyers accuse Trump of repeatedly delaying, and interest has pushed the payout from $5 million to roughly $5.8 million; the second related case awarding $83.3 million remains under review by the high court.
E. Jean Carroll has asked a judge to order Donald Trump to pay about $5 million in damages from the 2023 civil verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her; after the Supreme Court declined to review, the damages have risen to nearly $5.8 million with interest, and Carroll’s lawyers argue Trump has repeatedly delayed payment and must now comply.
A California jury awarded housekeeper Maria Avila about $12.9 million for injuries from a guard-dog attack at Chris Brown's Tarzana home, with Patricia Avila receiving $885,000 for emotional distress and Maria's husband Oscar Olivo $50,000; Brown admitted negligence but argued prior warnings and security needs, adding to his long history of legal issues.
Carroll seeks a Manhattan federal judge to order Trump to immediately pay about $5 million from a verdict finding him liable for sexual abuse in the 1990s and defaming her after she described the attack; the amount has grown to nearly $5.8 million with interest as Trump has pressed to delay payment, despite the Supreme Court declining to hear the appeal. He also faces an $83 million defamation award from a separate Manhattan case.
California jurors awarded housekeeper Maria Avila $12.9 million for injuries from a December 2020 dog attack at Chris Brown’s Tarzana home, plus $885,000 to Avila’s sister for emotional distress and $50,000 to Avila’s husband; Brown and his company Black Pyramid LLC were found liable for negligence, totaling about $13 million after more than five years of litigation.
The piece explains why leaked IRS tax-return information could fuel a civil case with a potential $1.7 billion damages award, outlining the privacy violations, legal theories behind damages, and how a payout could be calculated and awarded.
An Australian court upheld a ruling in favor of a transgender woman and doubled the damages awarded against a female-only app in a discrimination case.