The Ontario Court of Appeal found that $ 500,000 was not a «rational» punishment for Honda Canada's misconduct, after weighing the length and severity of the harassment and discrimination endured by Mr. Keays, considering
the other damages awarded to him, and reviewing the range of punitive damages awards in comparative matters.
Not exact matches
The suit also asks for various
other damages to be
awarded and for the return of Nano tokens still on the BitGrail platform, which can not be withdrawn because the exchange has suspended «all account activity,» to their rightful owners.
He's asking to
award damages unspecified and any
other amount the court deems proper.
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Only an infantile lawyer like Okudzeto Ablakwa would refuse to cut his losses as I did when he knows that governments in Ghana do not pay for any fees associated with filing and prosecuting civil cases except legal costs,
damages, and
other awards.
Grant amounts will be based on Federal Emergency Management Agency assessed
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In 2009, the American Psychiatric Association
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others cited for advances revealing
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On the
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awarded damages.
Amazon fired the security company accused of mistreating foreign - born temp workers; a federal jury
awarded Patricia Cornwell over fifty million dollars in
damages; a major theme of this year's PEN World Voices Festival is bravery; and
other news.
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Attacking from another point does not do as much
damage, but rather fills up the Chain Gauge which
awards extra experience and
other bonuses.
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Existing Direct Line, Churchill, Privilege and
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Liability insurance is the minimum amount of insurance required, because it's designed to
award compensation for injuries sustained by the insured driver as well as
other motorists» vehicle
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The Southern District of Florida first said the evidence offered at trial reasonably supported the jury's
award for lost earnings and
other economic
damages.
'' «In addition to actual or compensatory
damages, the law permits the jury, under certain circumstances, to make an
award of punitive
damages, in order to punish the wrongdoer for his misconduct, to serve as an example or warning to
others not to engage in such conduct and to provide additional compensation for the conduct to which the injured parties have been subjected.
'' (g) The total deterrent effect of
other punishment imposed upon the defendant as a result of the misconduct, including, but not limited to, punitive
damage awards to
Furthermore, in some instances proving permanent injury may be a prerequisite for
other types of
damage awards, such as pain and suffering in car accident cases.
In the US, the European Union and
other jurisdictions,
damages in private civil case are frequently enhanced, such as treble
damage awards in the US, or made easier to prove.
The jury should not make suppositions about who may have paid the the plaintiff's bills or
other damages, but should make the full
award of
damages without regard to possibility of insurance payments by
others.
RCW 4.22.070 (1)(b) provides that you can then collect all
damages awarded to you from any defendant found to be partially at fault for the accident, regardless of the percentage of fault attributable to any
other defendant.
• Boyne USA, Inc. v. Spanish Peaks Development, LLC & Lone Mountain Holdings, LLC, Montana Fifth Judicial District Court (2010): $ 600,000 jury verdict and additional
award of punitive
damages for breach of contract, deceit, abuse of process and
other claims.
In
other words, the Plaintiff's net recovery would be considered in determining costs consequences when comparing
damages awards with offers to settle.
In previous articles, we have written about how Canadian Human Rights legislation confers broad powers on adjudicators to make
damage awards for wage and
other financial loss, for
damage to dignity, feelings or self - respect, and for exemplary
damages to drive home the heinous nature of impugned conduct; to order employers to institute educational programs; or to do
other pro-active things to secure compliance with the Code.
If the
other driver is convicted of DUI, you may also be
awarded punitive
damages that are intended to punish that driver's reckless behavior and also to deter
others from driving under the influence (as if the legal prohibitions weren't sufficient).
Recognizing that
other state courts had interpreted Haslip as including a «clear... constitutional mandate for meaningful judicial scrutiny of punitive
damage awards,» Adams v. Murakami, 54 Cal.
Your compensation may include
damages for your past medical bills, future medical expenses, funeral and burial expenses, and
other awards related to your injuries.
These reflect only the «pain and suffering» amount that a Court may
award, not wage loss and
other losses you could claim (see our compensation calculator page for an explanatory note of the types of
damages in Scotland).
In
other words, the settlement conference judge is given all of the powers of a trial judge, ranging from
awarding monetary
damages to the plaintiff or dismissing the action outright.
Compensation for injuries sustained in a trucking accident can be
awarded for such
damages as current and future medical bills, totaled car, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, pain and suffering, wrongful death and
other damages.
When all
other heads of
damages were included the Plaintiff received an
award of $ 516,398.00, over four times ICBC's «last, best offer»!
The proof of that future loss is sometimes a difficult task and usually involves medical assessment and / or actuarial assessment); d. past care cost (if you have spend money for your medical care that was made medically necessary owing to ICBC motor vehicle accident injury then you can expect to collect a sum of money equivalent to those reasonable treatment and medication costs please ensure that you keep the receipts and seek prior medical approval to eventually prove this loss); e. future care costs (if you will suffer repeated medical expenses in the future owing to your motor vehicle accident ICBC injury claim then you can collect a sum of money equivalent to that future loss); f. out of pocket expenses or «special
damages» (if you suffer out of pocket expenses like for travel to / from medical appointments, cab fare, parking, etc, then this is also recoverable by you but again — keep track of these expenses in a log and keep a receipt book for later proof of this loss); g. legal costs (sum of the legal costs associated with advancing your injury claim are recoverable as the court system recognizes that often legal experts, lawyers and their agents are a necessary part of the process); h.
other categories of
damages: not discussed here are
other categories of
damages like «in trust claims» made largely for those who relatives who take care of you while you are recovering from your injuries or things like «loss of ability to enter an economically interdependent relationship» which might be
awarded to a seriously disfigured potential spouse for his / her unlikely ability to become married in the future.
In the 2003 - 13 data, the quantum of
damages awarded in cases involving journalism appears to be greater than in
other cases ($ 62,169 versus $ 58,466), but the difference is not statistically significant (p - value = 0.799).
Before examining
damages based on the type of plaintiff, there are a few
other interesting things to note about
damages awards generally.
In my experience lawsuits are not consistently a good economic investment at less than $ 75,000 U.S., but in limited jurisdiction courts the process is much cheaper, the vast majority of lawsuits are resolved with defaults, and in any almost any written contract it is possible to insure that the prevailing party will be
awarded attorneys» fees and court costs in addition to the
damages awarded (this is the default rule in England and many
other countries, but not in the U.S.A.).
Given the defendant's lack of remorse and refusal to apologize, Justice Stinson found it important to
award an additional $ 25,000 of punitive
damages «to dissuade
others from engaging in similar harmful conduct» [para 62].