Sentences with phrase «judge awards an amount»

However, judges generally follow them and the courts have stated that if a judge awards an amount of spousal support that is significantly different from the Spousal Support Guidelines, the judge must give reasons why this is the case.

Not exact matches

Wish I would have thought of doing the research or had come across this blog, had you written it in 2013 when a family court judge saw no value to my being a stay at home mom full time for 9 years and awarded ne no spousal support and a pitiful amount for child support despite my having zero income and no career to go back to once my ex left, suddenly.This is a fantastic template to argue in court for stay at home moms seeking support everywhere that sacrificed their education, career and opportunities and stayed home with the kids.May pop some people's perspective back where it should be!

I saw a reassuring amount of that at the first annual Google Science Fair, where I was chief judge and master of ceremonies for the awards on July 11 in Mountain View, Calif..

The number of class actions has risen to seven, according to media reports, and one of those parties communicated its displeasure immediately to an Ontario Superior Court judge, in an effort to prevent Loblaw from making it a condition that consumers who receive a $ 25 gift card would have that amount deducted from any future awards.

This can be very expensive, yet if a case is heard under the «small claims» system, costs are not awarded (although a judge could decide either side may need to pay for a limited amount of the other party's expenses), making it a much less risky bet.

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.

While a trial judge has wide discretion to determine the appropriate amount of a fee award, the SJC said, it was sending this case back because the judge appeared not to have evaluated the lawyers» billing records.

In some states, a judge might increase the duration or amount of the innocent spouse's alimony award if he or she has proven the other spouse committed adultery.

July 4, 2011 - In this maximum injury claim for pain and suffering (Bransford v. Yilmazcan, 2010 BCCA 271) despite The Jury awarding a claimant $ 385,000.00 for pain and suffering and the Trial Judge reducing the amount to $ 327,350.00, the Court of... Continue reading →

Or, a judge might reduce the amount of property and / or alimony awarded to a cheating spouse.

A judge or a jury could award you a significant amount of money, however without the underlying insurance company in place to pay you, it will be up to you to attempt the collect the money from the uninsured driver.

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.

The decision whether to award spousal support and the amount and duration of spousal support to be awarded are left to the judge's discretion in Virginia.

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.

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.

The divorce judge awarded wife half the marital assets in the amount of $ 2.5 million dollars, plus $ 12,000 a month in spousal support and $ 35,000 for her attorney's fees and costs.

2017), where the Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the Chesterfield County Circuit Court judge's award of spousal support to wife in the amount of $ 12,000 a month, on top of a $ 2.5 million dollar equitable distribution award.

The trial judge rejected the vast majority of claims advanced by the plaintiff and awarded the plaintiff a small percentage of the amounts that he claimed.

The Trial Judge agreed with Mr. Abraham's assessment of the damages under all headings and awarded the Plaintiffs at the exact amounts requested.

The Arizona Court of Appeals concluded the trial judge did not make a determination regarding whether to award spousal maintenance the amount of the alimony award.

The defendants then filed a JNOV motion asking the judge to award them a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, but the case settled before any ruling on that motion for a confidential amount.

[28] Although the trial judge was satisfied that the amounts the Plaintiff had received for past income replacement benefits had exceeded the tort award for past loss of income, he wrote that he could not determine from the evidence what amounts the Plaintiff had actually received under the settlement on account of future income replacement... [more]

The judge also awarded Mrs. Chaney spousal maintenance in the amount of $ 450 a month.

Even if the court declines to award the budgeted amount as costs, the lesson to be gleaned from the Manchester pilot scheme is that judges will be relaxed about awarding a significant payment on account of costs to the winner, based upon their budgeted sum.

To the contrary, the trial judge concluded that the amount of the award actually fell far below what would have been necessary to «shock the conscience» and require a reversal.

The judge ordered the defendants to pay the legal costs incurred by Senator Enverga, along with the general and aggravated damages and punitive damages awarded, thus bringing the total amount to which the Senator is entitled to $ 340,000 plus pre-judgment interest.

At trial, the judge had awarded close to $ 18,000 in banked sick time as a gross amount.

To be awarded these damages, the judge or jury will determine the specifics surrounding the injury, and they will then assign a dollar amount to those injuries.

Giving the husband «every benefit of the doubt,» the trial judge awarded damages for loss of consortium in the amount of $ 7,500, which in 2018 dollars is $ 7897.50.

Hence, the judge will award x amount of dollars toward that spouses «income» column, owed by the working spouse, to the spouse doing all of the work at home.

If such efforts are not made, a judge may reduce the amount of spousal support awarded by imputing income to the unreasonably under - employed spouse: Rogers v. Rogers, 1999 BCCA 238 at paras. 44 - 47, citing Moge v. Moge, [1992] 3 S.C.R. 813.

The least amount that can be awarded is zero if the judge is not convinced that the rearend car accident caused more than a trivial injury.

The trial judge granted the fee request, but awarded only $ 28,350.08, the exact amount it determined car buyer incurred before the service of Ford's initial 998 offer, based on the notion that Ford's second, accepted offer was indistinguishable from its initial offer such that the intervening time was unnecessary.

A district judge would go on to lower the award amount to $ 1.5 million while upholding the verdict.

Judges and juries have a lot of discretion to award punitive damages; however, in some cases the amount of the punitive damages can far exceed compensatory damages.

However, the fee award was reversed and remanded because the magistrate judge only awarded $ 51,363.81 out of a requested $ 328,077.50 in fees — about 15 % of the requested amount.

Essentially, the judge will determine if the award was a product of «prejudice, passion, or corruption,» whether the jury considered evidence it should not have, and whether the award amount was supported by the evidence.

The Judge rejected this argument outright stating, ``... she achieved a substantial award of damages in the proceeding in excess of that which she could have settled the claim for... I reject the defendant's [ICBC] alternative argument that I ought to consider the defendant's offer to settle for an amount some $ 20,000 to $ 25,000 below that which was ultimately awarded.»

It will be the duty of trial judges and this Court to restrain awards for this type of claim to an amount of compensation commensurate with the loss.

If the judge agrees with the requesting party, the judge will order an additur (an increase) or a remittur (a decrease) in the award amount.

However, once the jury returns a verdict in favor of the plaintiff, the award amount that the jury reaches can be subject to a judge's review under certain circumstances.

Finally, the trial judge did reduce the requested fees such that he showed care in awarding the amounts he did.

A recent case illustrates a situation in which the judge agreed with a plaintiff that a jury's award amount was insufficient.

The trial judge made an unspecified award for loss of housekeeping, preferring to incorporate the amount into an overall amount for pain and suffering.

Then, consistent with the charge to award fees under section 505 as necessary to vindicate copyright rights, the district judge then sliced 50 % from the remaining amount.

The magistrate judge recommended partially granting plaintiff's motion for default judgment and awarding statutory damages in the amount of $ 5,000.»