Sentences with phrase «particular punitive damage award»

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In particular, he noted that» «procedural due process» requires judicial review of punitive damages awards for reasonableness.»

Extreme punitive damages awards are typically the product of a particular jury deciding to bring the hammer down on a particular tortfeasor it does not like (for good or bad reasons).

But to gain a competitive advantage we need further reforms, in particular, objective standards for workers» comp awards and reasonable limits on punitive damages awards.

Some foreign laws permit punitive damages to be awarded in a wider range of circumstances — in particular, US law permits the award of triple damages for breach of anti-trust and certain other laws.

Depending on the particular facts and on the forum, the monetary awards compensate the victim for: past and future wage loss; general damages (compensation for pain and suffering); specific losses, such as intentional infliction of mental suffering or assault; aggravated damages (in the context of employment law, often relating to the manner in which the employer dismissed the employee); and punitive damages (a monetary award intended to punish the wrong - doer rather than to compensate the victim).

In recent years the Supreme Court has put restrictions on the size of punitive damages awards and limited the use of awards to punish broader conduct outside the scope of a particular case.

[2] This particular economic approach, however, is clearly at odds with the existing doctrine, which, as we saw in the previous Section, generally requires there to be some finding of malice or recklessness before punitive damages can be awarded.