Sentences with phrase «damages against the wrongdoer»
This could include damages for pain and suffering and even punitive damages against the wrongdoer.
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Limitation periods restrict the amount of time that a person has to start a civil claim against a wrongdoer in order to seek compensation for his or her damages.
Punitive damages are those that are designed to punish the wrongdoer of a tort against you.
Although the two plaintiffs in these cases may have had legitimate claims and very real injuries, they were not compensated for any damages and were not able to hold any wrongdoers accountable because they did not comply with Maryland's strict law governing lawsuits against local government entities.
[16] Elimination of proof of causation as an element of negligence is a «radical step that goes against the fundamental principle stated by Diplock L.J. in Browning v. War Office, [1962] 3 All E.R. 1089 (C.A.), at pp. 1094 - 95: `... [a] defendant in an action in negligence is not a wrongdoer at large; he is a wrongdoer only in respect of the damage which he actually causes to the plaintiff»»: Mooney v. British Columbia, 2004 BCCA 402 (CanLII), 2004 BCCA 402, 202 B.C.A.C. 74, at para. 157, per Smith J.A., concurring in the result.