Sentences with phrase «comparable cases»

These may actually be higher than fees in comparable cases in states that do not have official fee scales.

The games I was talking about were all very recent, most of them on the same platform so they should be very comparable cases.

They look for comparable cases in their own and other jurisdictions to learn what adaptation of existing law will produce the best results.»

ICBC claimed that in a car accident comparable cases range from $ 80,000 to $ 95,000.

• Age; • Tenure; • Type of job you performed; • Availability of other comparable employment opportunities; and • Relevant precedents (comparable cases disputed in the courts).

Co., 385 S.C. 570, 686 S.E. 2d 176 (2009), to be applied in conducting a post-judgment review of punitive damages awards, those being: (1) the degree of reprehensibility of defendant's misconduct; (2) the disparity between the actual and potential harm suffered by the plaintiff and amount of the award; and (3) the difference between the punitive damages awarded and civil penalties authorized or imposed on comparable cases.

Fairness is measured against court awards made in comparable cases.

A comparable case in modern thought would be the idea that Whitehead's rejection of simple location establishes the metaphysics of Hegel.

The plurality opinion also includes a plaintive plea to the country to accept the Court's decision in Roe v. Wade and «rare, comparable cases» as intended to take a deeply divisive issue out of politics.

The question on everyone's lips following the Dutch victory is: could a comparable case find success elsewhere?

The «Decision Search Report», lets you see the total number of summary judgements in comparable cases.

Sir Philip heard from and accepted the evidence of a reputable broker (James Blick at The Judge) who explained that the terms agreed in Essar were in his view reasonable and in line with pricing in comparable cases (size, economics, timings etc).

There is no injury chart in British Columbia that injury claimants can look at to determine what their cases are worth and lawyers are required to research the law to find comparable cases to present to the court.

The compensation awarded should be fair and reasonable to both parties... for purposes of assessing non-pecuniary damages, fairness is measured against awards made in comparable cases.

It quoted Campbell's guidelines: «(1) the degree of reprehensibility of the defendant's misconduct; (2) the disparity between the actual or potential harm suffered by the plaintiff and the punitive damages award; and (3) the difference between the punitive damages awarded by the jury and the civil penalties authorized in comparable cases.»

The three services each offer a comparable case digest service online, with excellent classification systems.

But the Court, after State Farm, also requires consideration of the «disparity between the actual or potential harm suffered by the plaintiff and the punitive damages award»; presumes that double digit ratios between punitive damages and compensatory damages are incompatible with due process; and states that the courts consider «the difference between the punitive damages awarded by the jury and the civil penalties authorized or imposed in comparable cases.»

Just three days after a Missouri appeals court vacated the first of four monstrous, if scientifically groundless verdicts won since 2015 in St. Louis by plaintiffs alleging their use of talcum powder caused ovarian cancer, a trial judge in Los Angles last Friday reversed a $ 417 million plaintiff's verdict in a comparable case... → Read More: Another Scientifically Groundless Talc Verdict Falls, This Time in Los Angeles

Just three days after a Missouri appeals court vacated the first of four monstrous, if scientifically groundless verdicts won since 2015 in St. Louis by plaintiffs alleging their use of talcum powder caused ovarian cancer, a trial judge in Los Angles last Friday reversed a $ 417 million plaintiff's verdict in a comparable case.