Sentences with phrase «deter egregious conduct»
Punitive damages, meant to punish and deter egregious conduct, may also be available.
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They are meant to punish or deter future similar conduct when the circumstances involved in the case are particularly egregious.
Punitive damages are awarded against parties in order to deter certain conduct that courts finds egregious or outrageous.
These damages act as a punishment for some egregious conduct in order to deter companies from acting in the same manner in the future.
Rather, they are a way to punish the defendant for intentional conduct or gross negligence — behavior that is so egregious that a civil court penalty is warranted in order to deter the defendant from committing the same act again in the future.
If the party responsible for an individual's catastrophic injuries engaged in especially egregious conduct, such as drunk driving, violent assault, very dangerous business practices, concealing known dangers from the public, or other grossly negligent or misleading behavior, the court may even find that the responsible party owes punitive damages, which are meant to punish the wrongdoer and deter future bad conduct.
Punitive damages exist to aid in societal efforts to address, and hopefully deter, egregious conduct that causes harm to others.