I'd like to see
the minimum statutory damages increase from $ 1,000 to a mandatory $ 5,000 for successful actions to enforce liability.
Though the German courts recently ruled not to enforce the US court's decision (on the grounds that it considered
the minimum statutory damages awarded to be excessive and punitive), Bossland ended sales for almost all of its hacks at the end of last year; as of today, the only ones remaining are for non-Blizzard games, specifically Final Fantasy XIV and Path of Exile, though according to the group's latest newsletter, there's a PUBG one tucked on the forums too.
Not exact matches
Just because the employer was permitted to limit his notice entitlement to no more than
statutory minimums did not, by itself, vitiate any possible claim to other forms of
damage.
For the drivers themselves, there is personal exposure to
damages in excess of the
statutory minimum coverage, 6 but also the loss of important accident benefits.
Here, since this person's
damages were in excess of the
statutory minimum, the bulk of her
damages then would be relinquished — an issue that most employment lawyers would spot as a matter of course.
Employers must compensate the employee for the period that reflects their
minimum statutory notice period, failing which the employer could be held to pay moral
damages.
But the
statutory minimum can not cover all the property
damage and injuries caused by a chain reaction accident.
For amounts in excess of
statutory minimums, if the employer agrees to pay the employee reasonable notice and continue benefit contributions for an equivalent period of time, then the employee has no losses or
damages, and therefore may be required to accept salary continuance.
In upholding the trial judge's
damages award, the Court of Appeal adopted the reasons from Bolland v APV Canada Inc in finding that regardless of income received from other sources during the
statutory notice period, an employee is entitled to receive all
statutory minimum entitlements regardless of any mitigatory earnings.
If the relevant consumer protection law has a
minimum $ 5,000
statutory damages amount for some claims covered by the clause, this clause would prevent it from being invalidated, while allowing the merchant to still have access to the consumer unfriendly arbitration forum in which class action lawsuits are probably also barred while class action lawsuits would not be in court.
All Pennsylvania drivers and owners must have at least the
statutory limits of
minimum liability insurance or an approved alternative way to pay for injury or property
damage they may cause.
The
statutory minimum limit for property
damage liability is $ 10,000.