Sentences with phrase «jury only awarded»

The jury only awarded her $ 2,500 in general damages.

The jury only awarded the Ms. Crisp $ 500.

You may be thinking, «what if a jury only awards me a small sum of money that is insufficient to cover my bills and liens?»

Not exact matches

But only the designs that won over the jury with their quality and innovative power were given an award.

Do you think that a jury will award the women not only lost wages, but also $ $ for pain and suffering?

«We had 720 applicants to our panel for 18 grants; in other words, only 2 - 3 % got funded,» writes Susan Gasser, chair of the ERC jury panel that made the award, in an e-mail to Science Careers.

Canadian director Xavier Dolan (L) hugs Canadian actor and member of the Jury Donald Sutherland after being awarded with the Grand Prix for the film «It's Only The End Of The World (Juste La Fin Du Monde)» during the closing ceremony of the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 22, 2016.

Canadian director Xavier Dolan (L) hugs Canadian actor and member of the Jury Donald Sutherland after being awarded with the Grand Prix for the film «It's Only The End Of The World (Juste La Fin Du Monde)» during the closing ceremony... More

TOPSHOT - Canadian director Xavier Dolan (R) is congratulated on stage by Canadian actor and member of the Jury Donald Sutherland after being awarded with the Grand Prix for the film «It's Only The End Of The World (Juste La Fin Du... More

The jury decision, he revealed, came only after some old - fashioned horse - trading: Bille August's «Pelle the Conqueror» won over Chris Menges» «A World Apart» in a 6 - 4 vote, but jury president Ettore Scola only got the «World Apart» supporters to stop arguing when he offered to not only give that film the Grand Jury Prize (second prize), but also let its lead actresses share the best - actress award, making it the only film to win more than one prjury decision, he revealed, came only after some old - fashioned horse - trading: Bille August's «Pelle the Conqueror» won over Chris Menges» «A World Apart» in a 6 - 4 vote, but jury president Ettore Scola only got the «World Apart» supporters to stop arguing when he offered to not only give that film the Grand Jury Prize (second prize), but also let its lead actresses share the best - actress award, making it the only film to win more than one prjury president Ettore Scola only got the «World Apart» supporters to stop arguing when he offered to not only give that film the Grand Jury Prize (second prize), but also let its lead actresses share the best - actress award, making it the only film to win more than one prJury Prize (second prize), but also let its lead actresses share the best - actress award, making it the only film to win more than one prize.

It was a night of surprises at the 68th Cannes film festival, with many critics» favourites thwarted and the jury — who are only allowed to award one prize per film — exhibiting eclectic taste and a pronounced accent on the celebration of French acting talent.

While many speculated that the jury might award only the second Palme d'Or to a film directed by a woman, the most likely contender — Lebanese director Nadine Labaki's Capernaum — was instead given Cannes» jury prize.

The Ramsay film was the only one to win more than one award from the jury.

Grand Jury Award: Carlos Puga, All That I Am Best Feature: Denis Henry Hennely, Goodbye World Best Documentary: Lucy Walker, The Crash Reel Best Animation: Eoin Duffy, The Missing Scarf Best Short Comedy: Michael Neithard, Alive feeling like a buck seventy five Best Short Drama: Michael Tyburski, Palimpsest Audience Choice — Documentary: Sean and Andrea Fine, Life According to Sam Audience Choice — Feature: Brant Sersen, SANATORIUM NH Feature of the Year: David Gordon Greene, Prince Avalanche NH Short Film of the Year: Sophia Savage, Empyrean Best NH Documentary: Todd Kwait, Tom Rush: No Regrets Best NH Performance: Morganna Ekkens for Only Daughter New Hampshire Film of the Year: Aaron Wiederspahn, Only Daughter Van McLeod Award: Lisa Muskat

There's also a Jury Prize, which functions as third place, but the awards are now only a couple of hours away, so I'd best send this off.

by Walter Chaw Gentrification is the inciting phenomenon of Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland's Quinceañera, only the second film to land both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at Sundance.

Winning the Jury award at ActionFest for both best film and best director, A Lonely Place to Die shows that the title is as accurate in describing someone trapped alone in the open with nobody to help and sniper scoping out your back, buried in a coffin with only a bottle of water and an air - pipe, or lost in a crowded town of strangers.

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January to rave reviews and was awarded not only the Audience Award but a Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Acting.

At only 25 years of age, Xavier Dolan shared one of the fest's most prestigious awards, the Jury Prize, with none other than Jean Luc - Godard.

A U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance was presented to: Joe Seo for Spa Night (Director & Screenwriter: Andrew Ahn)-- Los Angeles's Korean spas serve not only as meeting places but also as a bridge between past and future for generations of immigrant families.

And we can only assume that Femi knows what he is talking about, with all the experience under his belt he eventually went on to nab the well - deserved Special Jury Prize at the British Independent Film Awards last year.

«A Sad Trumpet Ballad» wasn't the only film to impress Team Tarantino enough to warrant a pair of awards: Jerzy Skolimowski's vapid but technically impressive political thriller «Essential Killing» clearly had some impassioned advocates on the jury too, taking not only the bronze - equivalent Special Jury Prize but also Best Actor for Vincent Gallo's wordless stunt performajury too, taking not only the bronze - equivalent Special Jury Prize but also Best Actor for Vincent Gallo's wordless stunt performaJury Prize but also Best Actor for Vincent Gallo's wordless stunt performance.

While many speculated that the Cate Blanchett - led jury might award only the second Palme d'Or to a film directed by a woman, the most likely contender — Lebanese director Nadine Labaki's «Capernaum» — was instead given Cannes» jury prize.

The only deserving film to win a nod from the competition jury (Assayas shared the directing award with Cristian Mungiu, whose Graduation is solid but hardly as adventurous as his three earlier features), Personal Shopper is as ephemeral as the ghost that haunts the imagination of Maureen (Stewart), whose recently deceased twin brother had mediumistic powers.

Now, Wattpad has announced not only the return of the Wattys peoples» choice - style awards for different categories of work posted on the site, but has also introduced a new award this year, this time established by jury selection.

The Game Awards could have asked 10,000 women to serve on its jury for all we know, but it was content to move forward with only one on the panel.

The artist exhibits regularly at the Crazy Monkey Gallery in Amaganset, has been awarded honors by guest jurors at the East End Arts gallery in Riverhead, has presented work in the 2012 juried art show at the Southampton Cultural Center and has exhibited with the Agora Gallery in New York City, to name only a few of her past gallery exhibitions.

Especially as the competition between national schools of abstract painting escalated, breaking out in arguments and even punches in the case of Kline and the French painter Jean Fautrier, it would follow that the internal competition within these national schools also intensified.27 This was certainly true on the French side at the Venice Biennale: in a very unusual move, two artists — Fautrier and Hans Hartung — were awarded Grand Prizes in painting, whereas normally only one was given, because the jury could not decide between the two contenders.28 Within the context of the politics internal to the movement of abstract expressionism, Meryon could thus be seen as a reassertion of Kline's original, breakthrough style as his own and thus a defence of his personal artistic identity, after Kline himself had turned to colour, around 1955, and left it up for grabs.

Significantly, it was not even until 2006 that judges were asked by Sir Nicholas Serota (then chair of the jury) to disclose any potential conflict of interest and then only on the day the Prize was awarded.

Only a third of voters see a serious problem in trial lawyer fees, and only a quarter worry that jury awards are too high in personal injury and medical malpractice caOnly a third of voters see a serious problem in trial lawyer fees, and only a quarter worry that jury awards are too high in personal injury and medical malpractice caonly a quarter worry that jury awards are too high in personal injury and medical malpractice cases.

In response to the argument that the trial judge had erred in declining to declare a mistrial the Court of Appeal found, oddly, that to allow a trial judge to ignore the juries findings would come perilously close to setting aside an award on the basis that it was inordinately high, which power is only reserved for the Court of Appeal.

Although the federal court disagreed with the defendants» argument that the jury award could only have resulted from passion or prejudice, the Southern District of Florida held that the non-economic damages award was not logically supported by the evidence offered at trial.

Many Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs wrongful death attorneys work on a contingency fee basis, which means that you pay a fee only after they have successfully settled your case or won you a jury award.

The jury comprehensively rejected the defences and only a substantial damages award can now vindicate the plaintiff.

The plaintiff asked the court for a new trial as to damages only, arguing that the jury - determined award was greatly insufficient given the evidence presented.

But Kelley, the only black member of the jury, stood firm, leading to the much greater award.

On appeal, the Fifth Circuit not only reversed the jury verdict, but also directed that our client be awarded monetary damages plus attorney's fees and costs.

Although an award in one category can only be reduced by a benefit received in that same category, if a jury awards damages without parsing out the categories, you could be left with less recovery than you are entitled to.

For example, if a plaintiff was in a car accident and only suffered minor injuries that could be treated by a short hospital stay, the jury would be hesitant to award general damages for pain and suffering.

If a car accident lawyer can show that the cause of the accident was a speeding driver, not only will they be able to prove the driver's negligence and assign them fault, but they might be able to ask the jury to award punitive damages, because speeding is understood and accepted as behavior that should not occur behind the wheel.

We provide contingency fee agreements, in which we cover case expenses up front, and we are only paid if and when we secure a settlement or jury verdict award.

The estate can only recover damages up to the point of death; under the survival statute, the jury can not award losses for the death itself or subsequent losses for the family.

Taking a case completely to trial is often done in only the most egregious accident cases because it gives a sympathetic jury an opportunity to award punitive damages along with compensatory claims, especially when an accident involved a drunk driver or speeding driver or a commercial vehicle.

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Just days before the US jury decision in August, a court in Korea ruled that both Apple and Samsung had infringed each other's patents, but awarded only nominal damages because there was no possibility any consumers could have confused one company's products for the other's.

Among other things, they argued the evidence was insufficient not only to show causation but also to support the jury's damages award and finding that the plaintiff was not contributorily negligent.

For example, if a plaintiff is found to be 40 percent at fault while a defendant is found to be 60 percent at fault, the plaintiff will only be able to recover 60 percent of their damages from the verdict amount awarded by the jury.

Not only is your initial consultation free and confidential, but you will pay no legal fees unless we are successful in recovering a settlement or jury award on your behalf.

A 2012 case, where a jury awarded a Mission Hills man more than $ 7.6 million, is the only other case where the compensation awarded was greater.

In contrast, plaintiffs prevailed in only 8 % of medical malpractice cases in Maryland (bearing in mind that most meritorious cases settle before trial) but the average jury award in health care error cases was $ 808,772.