Because New Mexico's Medical Malpractice Act caps compensatory damages at $750,000, patients rely on punitive damages.

After an accident, you likely already know that you are entitled to compensatory damages. These are damages intended to compensate you for your financial and intangible losses, such as medical bills, ...

Pat Jilek can’t find a doctor. When the former train conductor and railway safety representative retired in 2022, he and his ...

A successful lawsuit can result in various forms of relief – including an injunction (usually stopping someone from doing something), a declaration (adjudging the parties’ respective rights and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert W. Wood is a tax lawyer focusing on taxes and litigation. Under Section 104 of the tax code, compensatory damages for ...

The Appellate Division, First Department's decision in Cole v. Macklowe 1 highlights an interesting issue of contract law: if a party asserting a breach of contract claim establishes that it suffered ...

On October 31, 2025, Judge Edith Jones wrote for the Fifth Circuit in Hiran Management, Inc. v. NLRB: “Ninety years after Congress created the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) the NLRB claimed ...

Oct. 30, 2006 — -- On his death bed, Jesse Williams, who had smoked for more than 40 years, blamed the tobacco companies. He told his wife, "Those darn cigarette people finally did it. They were ...