All Posts Tagged With: "punitive damages"
$9 Million to Woman with Breast Cancer for Cancelled Health Insurance
A woman who had her medical coverage canceled as she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer has been awarded more than $9 million in a case against one of California’s largest health insurers.
Patsy Bates, 52, a hairdresser from Gardena, had been left with more than $129,000 in unpaid medical bills when Health Net Inc. canceled [...]
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14Mar2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 8 comments | Continued
OR top bench sends $80m, 9-year case back to court
The Oregon Supreme Court has again allowed a huge punitive-damages award against Big Tobacco’s Philip Morris to stand after it was twice rebuffed by the U.S. Supreme Court.
In Mayola Williams v. Philip Morris Inc. (docket# S051805) filed last week, the Oregon SC ruled against the USSC on whether the original trial jury should have received [...]
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4Feb2008 | PharmaWatchDog | 0 comments | Continued
