Sentences with phrase «justifying aggravated damages»

Conduct justifying aggravated damages must be «reprehensible or outrageous», «particularly high - handed or oppressive», and «rub [bing] salt into the wound».

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The defendant employer appealed the award of aggravated damages given by the deputy judge, arguing that she erred in law when she awarded aggravated damages when there was no finding by the deputy judge that the employer had conducted itself in a manner that was unfair or in bad faith when it terminated Mr. Walker such as to justify an award of aggravated damages; and furthermore, there was no evidence, in any form, to show that the Respondent suffered any actual damages as a result of his termination.

A recent Supreme Court of British Columbia decision reveals that an award for aggravated and / or punitive damages is not automatic where termination for cause is not justified and upheld by the court.

On these findings, which also are not challenged on appeal, a significant aggravated damages award was clearly justified.

These considerations show that Wal - Mart's own conduct justified a separate and substantial award for aggravated damages.