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New Mexico Suffocation: Nearly $80M Award

A judge has awarded nearly $80 million to the estate and family of an Albuquerque woman who suffocated in 2002 when her car was buried by sand after being struck by a tractor-trailer truck. District Judge Shannon Bacon entered the …

Courts Upholds $28 Million Award in Grand Canyon Skywalk Case

A federal court dealt a blow to the business arm of a northern Arizona tribe that owns the Grand Canyon Skywalk by upholding a $28.5 million judgment in favor of a Las Vegas developer who invested the money to build …

Chevron Appeals $18 Billion Judgment Ruling in Ecuador Lawsuit

Chevron Corp has filed an appeal with Ecuador’s National Court of Justice to review a judgment that the U.S. oil company pay $18 billion in damages for polluting the Amazon jungle. Chevron was ordered by an Ecuadorian judge to pay …