Sentences with phrase «judgment award»

Still, successful litigation and judgment awards such as this do not guarantee an increase in state funding for poor, high - minority school districts.

Conversely, a civil judgment awarding damages to a victim does not prohibit a court of criminal jurisdiction to order restitution when sentencing an offender.

Olympus Canada appealed the summary judgment award in favour of Mr. Krishnamoorthy for damages in the amount of $ 310,040.88.

However the defendant, Ms. Thomas - Rasset, may want to think twice about that: the $ 1.92 Million (U.S.) judgment awarded against her is actually much higher than the award of $ 220,000 that the RIAA won in an initial trial.

Policies shield you from the expense of out - of - court settlements, litigation and judgments awarded by courts.

The court denied plaintiff's motion for summary judgment that individual defendant was liable for the default judgment awarded plaintiff against corporate defendant because plaintiff failed to pierce the corporate veil.

A judge denied Gawker's motion for a new trial and a reduction of the $ 140 million privacy invasion judgment awarded to wrestler Hulk Hogan in March.

Jones said the Green Party supported strengthening the law to make it easy for workers to collect when the win judgments awarding them back pay.

State laws might conflict with federal laws concerning losing your driver's license for an automobile accident, so when it comes to an automobile accident judgment award during a federal bankruptcy case, some possibilities exist where a debtor filing bankruptcy might have those awards discharged.

Because even the insurance industry is aware of statistics that show personal injury clients who retain counsel to assist them in navigating the legal system settle or receive judgment awards two, if not three times higher than their counterparts who navigate the system solo.

In a judgment in a test case handed down today, the Court of Appeal upheld tribunal judgments awarding a boy (known as «John») # 120,000 under the Vaccine Damages Payments Act 1979 («the Act»).

The court affirmed the buyer was not liable to either plaintiff, but reversed the summary judgment awarded to the competitor on the buyer...

Since the federal law says the judgment award is forgiven, the debtor would have a good case to get his or her driver's license back because the state awarded judgment would be satisfied by federal law.

The SCC's granting of leave to appeal was the latest twist in a two - decade conflict between Chevron and residents of Ecuador's Lago Agrio region in the Amazon jungle, which want the Ontario courts to force Chevron to pay up the judgment awarded to them in an Ecuadorean court in 2011.

Privacy law: Phat and Phuong Trang own a property that makes up part of a judgment awarded to Royal Bank of Canada.

On her behalf, Leopold is demanding a jury trial and a judgment awarding compensatory damages against the Honda and Takata defendants, including the expense of Mincey's hospitalization, medical and nursing care, loss of earnings and ability to earn a living.

The judgment awarded by Mr Justice Spencer on Tuesday 25 March 2014 after a 4 day Queen's Bench trial was for a further # 4.2 million including interest.

It would provide lawyers with a good incentive to try difficult cases, while also ensuring that accident victims keep the majority of a settlement or judgment award.

With an attorney on your side, you may be able to obtain a settlement or judgment award that provides financial compensation for both economic and non-economic damages:

There will be a levy payable to the Fund that will reduce the amount of any settlement or judgment award to which the class may become entitled.

After three years of pro bono representation, the team secured a judgment awarding Ram AUD$ 186,000 in back - pay, entitlements, and interest.

(d) if the offer was made by a defendant and the judgment awarded to the plaintiff was no greater than the amount of the offer to settle, award to the defendant the defendant's costs in respect of all or some of the steps taken in the proceeding after the date of delivery or service of the offer to settle.

Your policy limit on your General Liability and Commercial Auto policies might be lower than the judgment award, leaving your business to pay the remaining settlement amount out of pocket.

If they lose in court, then the insurance company will pay the judgment award against you (up to the limit agreed in the declaration page under Liability Insurance or Coverage).

General liability insurance provides insurance protection for a company's assets, financial obligations, legal defense, and any settlements or judgments awarded to an injured party.

If someone is injured on your UT rental property and sues you for negligence, the Roy insurance policy covers your legal expenses including counsel and any settlement or judgment awarded the plaintiff.

In these events, the cost of legal defense and the cost of the judgment awarded to the injured can be covered by an umbrella policy, if there is such a policy in place.

A negligence suit can cost you legal fees as well as any settlement or judgment awarded the plaintiff.