Sentences with phrase «damages award amounting»

Recent work includes acting in a five - day trial involving an elderly woman who suffered brain injury following a cardiac arrest in hospital, which resulted in a damages award amounting to # 122,000.

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Denton said that he estimates there's a roughly 1 - in - 10 chance that Gawker will face «disaster» — meaning that they lose the trial, the jury awards Hogan a large amount in damages, and Gawker is required to put up a bond for the full amount while it appeals the ruling.

Penn awarded damages in the amount of US$ 2.63 billion, and punitive damages in the amount of US$ 5 million.

He's asking to award damages unspecified and any other amount the court deems proper.

Grant amounts will be based on Federal Emergency Management Agency assessed damage levels as well as applications for new infrastructure and other mitigation, and will be awarded once a community's plan is approved by the state.

Grant amounts will be based on FEMA assessed damage levels as well as applications for new infrastructure and other mitigation, and will be awarded once the community's plan is complete and submitted to the state for approval.

If you win, you may be awarded damages, plus twice the amount of any finance charge - as long as it's between $ 100 and $ 1,000.

The damages awarded shall not be less than the amount paid by the buyer to the credit services organization plus reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.

The bankruptcy code allows you unlimited compensatory damages, but cap the amount of pain and suffering award you can protect from creditors.

If you win, you may be awarded damages, plus twice the amount of any finance charge as long as it's between $ 100 and $ 1,000.

The damages awarded may not be less than the amount paid by the buyer to the credit services organization and may include punitive damages.

In the event of a willful violation by a credit repair services organization of this Part or of a contract subject to this Part, a person who is injured thereby shall be awarded, in addition to the damages allowable under Subsection A of this Section, an additional amount equal to twice the actual damages awarded under Subsection A of this Section.

If the court finds the employer willfully or knowingly violated this law, it may increase the damages award to an amount not to exceed three times the actual damages, up to $ 10,000.

If you win, you may be awarded damages, plus twice the amount of any finance charge — as long as it's between $ 500 and $ 5,000, or higher amounts if a pattern or practice of violations is established.

IBM filed an appeal, claiming that the judge should have deducted the amount of pension benefits paid during the notice period from the damages award, which the Court of Appeal dismissed.

An amendment to the Oregon Constitution prohibits judicial review of the amount of punitive damages awarded by a jury «unless the court can affirmatively say there is no evidence to support the verdict.»

The amount of money that a personal injury case can be awarded is based on the damages that the plaintiff (the person injured) suffers.

After finding petitioner Honda Motor Co., Ltd., liable for injuries respondent Oberg received while driving a three - wheeled all - terrain vehicle manufactured and sold by Honda, an Oregon jury awarded Oberg $ 5 million in punitive damages, over five times the amount of his compensatory damages award.

Liability insurance is the minimum amount of insurance required, because it's designed to award compensation for injuries sustained by the insured driver as well as other motorists» vehicle damage.

More specifically, the question is whether the Due Process Clause requires judicial review of the amount of punitive damages awards.

This means that the award of punitive damages can not exceed the amount of actual damages that the jury awards.

While Oregon's judicial review ensures that punitive damages are not awarded against defendants entirely innocent of conduct warranting exemplary damages, Oregon, unlike the common law, provides no assurance that those whose conduct is sanctionable by punitive damages are not subjected to punitive damages of arbitrary amounts.

Although a jury may provide a higher award, the court will reduce the amount of the award to comply with the damage cap law after the verdict is rendered.

Where the damages awarded after a long trial are modest, it is possible for the adverse cost award to exceed the amount of damages, meaning that the plaintiff's personal assets are at risk.

The potential for a successful plaintiff to have to pay a substantial portion of their damages to the defendant because the amount awarded for damages at trial was less than an earlier offer is a legitimate concern.

Although this indemnity product provided some level of comfort to plaintiffs who were not seeking or expecting significant damages, it offered limited protection to plaintiffs with claims worth hundreds of thousands of dollars because it was very unlikely that any adverse cost award would exceed the amount of their damages.

While Colorado allows a jury to award these damages meant to punish the defendant, Colorado caps the amount of the award on a one - to - one basis.

Colorado law does not limit the amount of economic damages that are awarded in most cases.

In order to justify the double amount of the award for non-economic damages, the court must have clear and convincing evidence.

In affirming, both the State Court of Appeals and the State Supreme Court rejected Honda's argument that the punitive damages award violated due process because it was excessive and because Oregon courts have no power to correct excessive verdicts under a 1910 amendment to the State Constitution, which prohibits judicial review of the amount of punitive damages awarded by a jury «unless the court can affirmatively say there is no evidence to support the verdict.»

The Court of Appeal upheld all aspects of the jury's award except for the amount of punitive damages.

A jury awarded her and her husband $ 1.5 million in damages for pain and suffering, but lower courts reduced that amount to $ 500,000 due to limits in the medical malpractice law, which was passed after the case was decided in 2003.

Juries are given wide discretion and latitude in determining the amount of damages it will award to the victim.

Natalya was also awarded $ 3,500 in general damages for breach of her human rights, as that is the amount that she sought in her application and the Tribunal did not agree to her proposed amendment at hearing to request more due to perceived prejudice to the employer.

This argument is unconvincing, because the review provided by Oregon courts ensures only that there is evidence to support some punitive damages, not that there is evidence to support the amount actually awarded.

Thus, whether damages are calculated using lost income (economic) or loss of support and companionship (non-economic), the court or a jury is not limited in the amount of damages it may award.

These collateral benefits raise the question of whether that amount should be deducted from the damages awarded, in order that the plaintiff not recover more than the loss actually suffered.

After deciding the amount of damages sustained, the judge or jury determines the amount of fault to attribute to each party and reduces the victim's award by the amount that he or she is responsible for.

Personal injury damages are influenced by a number of factors considered by juries and judges when determining the amount of the award in each case.

Moreover, when a violation is proved, the Division of Civil Rights or a court is required to award treble damages, meaning the employee recovers three times the amount of the underpayment.

The amount of money that is awarded for these damages is usually determined by a jury, although a judge must often approve the final verdict, sometimes adding interest and attorney's fees to the total.

The punitive award in this case was about 5.4 times the amount of compensatory damages and about 258 times the plaintiff's out - of - pocket expenses.

When a case is determined to be worthy of punitive damages, the state of New Jersey caps the amount that can be awarded.

Having made that finding, it was not open to the deputy judge to award the Respondent an amount by way of aggravated damages.

The court explained that, while it is not always appropriate for a judge to override the jury, in instances where the damages award is shockingly low or high, the trial judge is in a position to adjust the total award amount.

In the case, Riley v. Ford Motor Company, the court determined that the trial judge properly adjusted the damages award in favor of the plaintiff after the jury returned a shockingly inadequate amount.

On Final Appeal In front of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, the plaintiff made essentially the same arguments as below and convinced the court that the trial judge was proper in increasing the amount of the damages award.

These reflect only the «pain and suffering» amount that a Court may award, not wage loss and other losses you could claim (see our compensation calculator page for an explanatory note of the types of damages in Scotland).

Given the limited size of the Dutch market and the fact that this is not a jurisdiction known for outrageous damages awards, the absolute amount will likely be small, presumably even below the legal fees incurred.

In the Court of Appeal's decision, Laskin J.A. reduced the punitive damages awarded at trial by a significant amount.