US EditionMiami judge overturns landmark $30M jury verdict against Expedia on Cuba case
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Orlando Sentinel
Denver GazetteMiami judge overturns landmark $30M jury verdict against Expedia on Cuba case
MIAMI — In an unusual decision, a federal judge overturned the first jury trial verdict in a Helms-Burton lawsuit, which had awarded a Cuban-American Miami man $30 million in damages against each of the booking companies Expedia, Orbitz, and Hotels.com for allegedly trafficking in confiscated property in Cuba. Decisions to “set aside” jury verdicts are rare, but judges do so when they believe there’s insufficient evidence to support the verdict …
The company wins an appeal against the sentence that forced it to pay $29.8 million to a Cuban-American
Expedia was exempted from compensation of $29.8 million to the Cuban-American Mario Echevarría—who claimed the property of Cayo Coco, confiscated from his family during the 1959 Agrarian Reform Act—who, in April 2025, issued a federal jury in Miami, rendered the verdict null and void, issued under Title III of the Helms-Burton Law. Judge Federico Moreno determined that “the companies complied with the spirit of the law by stopping reservations t…
A federal court in #Miami has overturned the conviction against #Expedia for its business in #Cuba. The case, the first under the Helms-Burton Act, will continue on appeal.
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