Sentences with phrase «dollar damages seem»

VW has no excuse for faking emission data, but the purported double - digit billion - dollar damages seem blown out of proportion in relation to the Ford / Firestone tire blowouts, the Chrysler / Jeep fires, and the GM ignition switch disaster, which caused hundreds of fatalities and cost the culprits mere millions.

Not exact matches

The company «seems to believe» that the lawsuit should be pursued by individuals, not as a group, because «damages could amount to billions of dollars,» U.S. District Judge James Donato wrote in the ruling.

In his order, Judge Donato wrote: «Facebook seems to believe... statutory damages could amount to billions of dollars.»

«When something like this comes along, obviously unanticipated but has a huge economic impact on the region, it seems to me logical that we would take some of those unallocated dollars and use them for relief for homeowners, businesses and municipalities that are dealing with what are historic water levels and causing millions and millions of dollars of damages,» Morelle said.

While they may not seem like such a big deal, movie streaming and piracy are hugely damaging to the film industry, losing it millions of dollars every year.

I thought — with a few hundred million dollar infusion from Japanese retail giant Rakuten — Kobo would actually arise as decent competition for Amazon, but they can't seem to get out of their own way with terrible search engine implementation, few promotional innovations or tools, and damaging business stances (their shutdown of erotica, if I remember correctly).

If these minimums seem low, they are — a serious accident can result in medical bills and property damage that reaches hundreds of thousands of dollars.

This is about fairness: if you damage people or their property you have to be accountable for that and Exxon paid close to $ 4 billion dollars to make things right in Alaska, but the court seems to be saying there is no room for punishment.

It seems insensitive to mention the billions of dollars of damage the storm will cause.

Although it may not seem like much even a few inches of water can cause serious damage — resulting in thousands of dollars in repair and restoration costs.

If these minimums seem low, they are — a serious accident can result in medical bills and property damage that reaches hundreds of thousands of dollars.

With the many earthquakes that have caused millions of dollars in damage throughout California's history, this level of insurance seems to make sense to many Fremont residents.

Those measures might seem like a lot, but remember that penalties for Fair Housing Act violations are significant: tens of thousands of dollars, in some cases, and that doesn't factor in the damage to the reputation of your brokerage or the potential loss of your license.