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Cases in which licensees were found to have breached their fiduciary duty to their clients accounted for two of the six largest damage awards in the report.

Not exact matches

In most cases, though, they are financial investments in which backers are motivated by the potential proceeds from a large damage awarIn most cases, though, they are financial investments in which backers are motivated by the potential proceeds from a large damage awarin which backers are motivated by the potential proceeds from a large damage award.

Wagner: Cohen Milstein has obviously attempted to construct the broadest possible group of Intel employees as participants in the plaintiff class in order to ensure a large damages award.

Denton said that he estimates there's a roughly 1 - in - 10 chance that Gawker will face «disaster» — meaning that they lose the trial, the jury awards Hogan a large amount in damages, and Gawker is required to put up a bond for the full amount while it appeals the ruling.

In closing, Rosner points out that even if large sums awarded by the courts reach the communities in need, those funds will never be enough to alleviate the damage already donIn closing, Rosner points out that even if large sums awarded by the courts reach the communities in need, those funds will never be enough to alleviate the damage already donin need, those funds will never be enough to alleviate the damage already done.

But a large area in the middle where the cost of preventing it is unlike to be recouped in any damages awarded.

Noting that Goico's $ 2.5 million award includes $ 1.5 million in punitive damages against Wichita's largest employer, Brantner writes:

In the three P2P cases tried so far, «all three of those juries demonstrated through the very large damages awards they imposed that they view illegal downloading and «sharing» as wrong, and deserving of harsh sanction.»

While the award by the jury is significant, there have been larger verdicts in medical malpractice cases in Massachusetts, including a 2005 case in which a jury awarded nearly $ 40 million to the family of a Dracut boy born with severe brain damage after a traumatic delivery.

[44] In summary, the plaintiff has met the burden of proof required, albeit not by a large margin, but I am satisfied on balance that considering the potential damages that could be awarded for the plaintiff's claim and the complications raised by the minimal damage and worker - worker defence, the plaintiff had sufficient reason to bring the action in the Supreme Court of British ColumbiIn summary, the plaintiff has met the burden of proof required, albeit not by a large margin, but I am satisfied on balance that considering the potential damages that could be awarded for the plaintiff's claim and the complications raised by the minimal damage and worker - worker defence, the plaintiff had sufficient reason to bring the action in the Supreme Court of British Columbiin the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Concluding Keays was dismissed, in part, because he hired a lawyer and to avoid accommodating his disability, an Ontario judge granted him the largest punitive damages award in Canadian employment law history.

although the CA commented that it was likely that individual awards of compensation would be relatively modest (so far they have been in the low thousands of pounds), there could be a growth of class actions in which a large number of individuals have suffered emotional distress or invasion of privacy, leading to larger overall damages awards;

The large damages award granted here, and the powerful and sweeping nature of the injunction, ensures that this new tort will certainly pop its head up in the future.

In order to determine whether the large increase in damages awards is evident within the studied periods, or whether it occurred largely in between 1983 and 2003, I determined the annual average defamation awarIn order to determine whether the large increase in damages awards is evident within the studied periods, or whether it occurred largely in between 1983 and 2003, I determined the annual average defamation awarin damages awards is evident within the studied periods, or whether it occurred largely in between 1983 and 2003, I determined the annual average defamation awarin between 1983 and 2003, I determined the annual average defamation award.

Unlike the court in Jones, Justice Stinson awarded a larger damages award here of $ 50,000.

It was one of the largest damage awards ever in the state, comparable, Daniel notes, to the award against O.J. Simpson in the California wrongful death lawsuit brought by the families of Nichole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

Interestingly, in a study of British Columbia cases, David Gooderham suggests that most defamation awards are still relatively low, but that there are a few cases in which there are large awards of damages.

Successfully represented financial advisors in claims involving major Wall Street securities firms and obtained millions of dollars in compensatory and, in some cases, large punitive damage awards on behalf of the clients.

If the initial complaint or other earlier filings had contained a claim for punitive damages, or even an allegation that the defendants acted maliciously, willfully, recklessly, wantonly, fraudulently, or in bad faith, the Court would have likely allowed the punitive damages issue to be heard by the jury, and the plaintiff may have received a larger award at the conclusion of the case.

Kwinter helped secure the largest jury award in the province's history for punitive damages against an insurer in the 2006 case Pereira v. Hamilton Township Farmers» Mutual Fire Insurance Co., with his clients ordered to receive $ 2.5 million.

The trend in the courts seems to be a rise in the number of large damages awarded, especially in cases of ongoing abuse occurring over a period of years.

While the amount of wrongful death damages was reduced by the appellate court, the award is believed to be one of the largest in Louisiana for a victim of asbestos - related lung cancer.

The number of large damages awards is rising, especially in cases of incest occurring over several years.

This is the highest award for moral damages in employment law in the country and one of the largest amounts for punitive damages, says Galea's lawyer, Natalie MacDonald.

However, those claims that do succeed have resulted in noticeably larger punitive damage awards in recent years.

She has extensive experience representing defendants in appeals involving large punitive damage awards.

The largest punitive damage award in Ontario in the employment context is $ 450,000 in Pate Estate v. Galway - Cavendish and Harvey (Township), 1 a 2013 decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal.

The Human Rights Tribunal is ready and willing to award increasingly large damages awards - especially when the impugned conduct is carried out over a prolonged period of time by a person in a position of power and authority against a vulnerable individual; and

The article discusses two recent decisions in which damages were awarded for sexual harassment and whether they signify a trend towards increasingly large damages awards.

Indeed, the largest award in British Columbia for a violation of privacy under the Privacy Act, so far was only $ 35,000 for punitive damages and $ 15,000 for general damages: (Malcolm v. Fleming, [2000] Carswell BC 1316, (B.C.S.C.) a case where the defendant, the plaintiff's landlord, installed a video camera in the plaintiff's apartment and recorded her in various stages of undress in her bathroom and bedroom).

The Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the ruling of the trial court and awarded a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, vacating a large verdict against Kim's client, a mutual insurance company, on the basis that the insurer's conduct in handling a fire damage claim did not constitute bad faith as a matter of law.

Patent holders also believe that juries in Marshall and Tyler are plaintiff - friendly and more likely than juries in other regions to award large damages, although they have become more conservative in recent years.

Nijjar recently ran a report using a legal research tool and, in the last 10 years, a summary table for Alberta compared to Ontario for severe brain damage cases showed the largest award reported in Alberta was $ 1.74 million for future care costs, which takes up 90 per cent of all judgments.

Qualifying for a CAT classification can mean a large difference in the quantum of insurance damages available and awarded.

In stark contrast to the large sum awarded for the uncle's lost reputation, the judge held that if the nieces» claims had been accepted, he would have awarded each of them $ 35,000 in general damageIn stark contrast to the large sum awarded for the uncle's lost reputation, the judge held that if the nieces» claims had been accepted, he would have awarded each of them $ 35,000 in general damagein general damages.

In an ongoing personal injury case, the plaintiff brought a motion to exclude drivers who pay premiums from the jury pool altogether, arguing that the possibility a large damages award could cause a hike in their own rates places them in an inherent conflict of interesIn an ongoing personal injury case, the plaintiff brought a motion to exclude drivers who pay premiums from the jury pool altogether, arguing that the possibility a large damages award could cause a hike in their own rates places them in an inherent conflict of interesin their own rates places them in an inherent conflict of interesin an inherent conflict of interest.

More surprising was their award of # 500,000 damages, the largest sum ever awarded in a libel case.

While the size of the damages awarded is large, there is money in trust — $ 14 million — and a silver mine in Mexico that experts have valued at about $ 100 million.

For instance, if you live in a state that has a tendency to award large amounts of damages to personal injury claimants, then you may want to beef up your liability policy.

The Maguire case was one of the larger damage awards involving an agency issue in 2016.