Plazzo v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

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  Dive N' Surf, Inc. v. Anselowitz

• reversing jury verdict for the plaintiff for $20 million in compensatory damages and punitive damages of $75 million, and granting judgment n.o.v. to the defendant after concluding that the plaintiff's evidence was inadmissible under Richardson

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• reversing jury verdict for the plaintiff for $20 million in compen satory damages and punitive damages of $75 million, and granting judgment n.o.v. to the defendant after concluding that the plaintiffs evidence was inadmissible under Richardson

  Turpin v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

• "the evidence upon which plaintiffs propose to rely — statistical evidence of widespread discrimination — is common to the class as a whole”

  Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

• "[t]he Court concludes that the Deferred Compensation Plan provides retirement income to employees and is an employee pension benefit plan under ERISA"

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• ”[t]he Court concludes that the Deferred Compensation Plan provides retirement income to employees and is an employee pension benefit plan under ERISA”

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