Sentences with phrase «compensatory awards because»
On that basis, there was a Polkey reduction of 100 % in the compensatory award because he would have been chosen anyway; a basic award was made, which was uplifted by 25 % for breach of the statutory procedure.
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Compensatory damages, which are also known as economic damages, are awarded to compensate you for the present and future financial costs you have because of an injury.
In case involving First Union National Bank's violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, Sixth Circuit holds that 1 - to - 1 ratio of punitive to compensatory damages is maximum federal due process will allow: And because the compensatory damages total $ 400,000, the district court's original award of $ 2,628,600 in punitive damages must likewise be reduced to $ 400,000.
If your dismissal was unfair because of a problem with the process the employer followed when it dismissed you, the Employment Tribunal may decide to reduce your compensatory award if it decides that you would have been dismissed anyway, even without the problem with the procedure.
The general rule is that that settlements or awards that are compensatory in nature are not considered taxable income by the IRS because they are intended to compensate the plaintiff for a loss that has already been sustained, so awards should not be treated as new income.
Taking a case completely to trial is often done in only the most egregious accident cases because it gives a sympathetic jury an opportunity to award punitive damages along with compensatory claims, especially when an accident involved a drunk driver or speeding driver or a commercial vehicle.
Compensatory damages, which are also known as economic damages, can be awarded to compensate you for the verifiable financial costs you have suffered (and expect to suffer) because of your medical malpractice injury.
In a case where compensatory damages to the plaintiff are relatively low, such a result might be viewed as constitutionally suspect because of the supposed «disparity» between the «actual or poten - tial harm suffered by the plaintiff and the punitive damages award.»
That efficiency is enhanced when most of the retributive damages awards go to the state because plaintiffs don't plan on being victims of punitive damages awards and they, for the most part, have other incentives to pursue compensatory damages.
Counsel for the defendant submitted that as aggravated damages were purely compensatory and the complainant had already received an award for psychological injury, there should be no award of aggravated damages because this would in effect duplicate compensation.