Bob Tyson, the strategic managing partner of Tyson & Mendes and author of a book about defense tactics to fend off nuclear verdicts, discusses his new software venture aimed at helping insurance companies flag cases with potential high-dollar exposure.
The Fifth DCA reversed a punitive damage award a jury returned to petitioner Brinda Coates against respondent R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. that exceeded the net compensatory damage award by a ratio of 106.7:1.