Sentences with phrase «figure damage award»

With the potential of recovering seven - figure damage awards and moving the case's coverage from this column to the front page of the news, the temptation to sue as a group is difficult to resist.

The tribunal ultimately issued a final, nine - figure damages award in favour of Econet, plus costs and interest.

With the potential of recovering seven - figure damage awards and moving their case's coverage from this column to the front page of the news, the temptation to sue as a group is difficult to resist.

Not exact matches

But that figure doesn't include travel to Florida and hotel stays for Soares and his staff, Kindlon said, adding that the number could climb still further if the court awards damages to the plaintiff in the suit — a cost county taxpayers will also have to bear.

They are sometimes only nominal — $ 1 or $ 2 (the $ 2 figure in the chart below is a $ 1 award adjusted for inflation) despite the presumption of damages.

Our personal injury attorneys have obtained numerous seven figure verdicts and settlements in bad - faith cases, including substantial awards for punitive damages.

While still far below the multi-million dollar awards in the United States, there are now several decisions of the Ontario Court of Appeal and British Columbia Court of Appeal where the employee has been awarded six - figure punitive damage awards for particularly egregious acts of the employer.

Representation of major mining company in federal eminent domain proceedings where condemnee originally claimed eight figure damages but was awarded nothing.

It may be difficult to put a figure on these types of damages but our firm has been successful in settling cases and convincing juries to award the maximum amount of pain and suffering, and non-economic damages that our clients deserve.

So - called «general» or «non-economic» damages in civil claims where someone is killed are awarded based upon California Civil Jury Instruction 3921, which states that a jury must come up with a dollar figure value for the loss of, «love, companionship, comfort, care, assistance, protection, affection, society, moral support.»

Obtained a $ 20 million compensatory damage award, a six - figure award of sanctions for discovery abuses against the Defendants and counsel, and a recommended $ 10 million award of punitive damages.

Six figure awards of damages have been paid in serious cases.

The insured alleged that our client extinguished the insured's right to pursue recovery for uninsured losses from at - fault parties and sought a seven - figure compensatory and punitive damages award.

The range of damages juries might award for pain and suffering is quite broad, based on no hard figures, and generally simply represents what the jury believed was the right amount.

In contrast, Ontario juries have shown themselves willing to order payment of six - figure punitive damage awards when responding to employers who have acted horribly (but whose conduct still falls short of Pratas» behaviour).

Therefore, the figure of # 1,100 that was awarded in damages on account of Mr Jackson's claim by the original trial judge, was not considered excessive as it accounted for the distress and discomfort of the whole family.

Although still far below the multi-million dollar awards occasionally awarded by courts in the United States, there have been several employment law cases in recent years that have awarded the dismissed employees six - figure punitive damage awards in addition to wrongful dismissal damages.