On August 13, 2014, Chief Judge Michael J. Davis of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota granted a motion for summary judgment brought by Larson King attorneys David M. Wilk and David P. McKinney. In that case the plaintiff alleged FMLA retaliation and FMLA interference. Her employment was terminated during an FMLA …
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Class action settlement funds often have money remaining after class members have filed claims. This may result from class members not being located or because class members, for a variety of reasons, fail to file a claim leaving the total value of perfected claims to be less than the set aside fund. The unclaimed money …
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The U.S. Supreme Court has further limited punitive damage awards based upon the due process clause. In a 5-4 opinion filed on February 20, 2007, the Court explicitly held that a jury may not punish a defendant through a punitive award for harm inflicted on non-parties to the lawsuit. In addition, the Court addressed the …
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Only three years after placing due process limitations on punitive damage awards, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear another case that may further expand those limitations. In Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Williams, No. 05-1256, set for oral argument on October 31, 2006, the Supreme Court will address whether federal due process permits a …
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In the last decade, civil jury trials in federal and state courts have virtually become an endangered species. In U.S. District courts alone, the number of civil jury trials declined from 11,446 in 1990 to 5,121 in 2006. Although attorneys now primarily rely on mediation and arbitration to resolve cases, litigators must still hone their …
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