Sentences with phrase «egregious conduct such»

Again, as a general rule, a Crown Prosecutor is more likely to seek a custodial sentence if a defendant has engaged in egregious conduct such that the defendant's behaviour is closer to an intentional act than negligence.

Not exact matches

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.

As such, the dissent is heartfelt and invokes value - laden terms such as the «exceptional assault on the public's sense of justice» in the face of «egregious state conduct.»

If the lane departure crash arises out of egregious conduct, such as drunk driving, you may be able to recover punitive damages as well.

After Boucher, such punitive awards may not be grossly excessive or irrational where the conduct is egregious and compensatory damages are modest.

In the extremely narrow class of such cases where a spouse's conduct rises to the level of egregious fault, fault can be considered by the judge at trial, not in calculating an alimony award, but in the initial determination of whether alimony should be allowed at all.