Sentences with phrase «particularly egregious conduct»

The recovery of punitive damages instead has been limited to particularly egregious conduct.

There is reluctance on behalf of judges to wait for referrals to the law society, except in cases of particularly egregious conduct, he says.

Unlike compensatory damages, punitive damages are imposed against a plaintiff to punish them for particularly egregious conduct and to discourage others from engaging in similar conduct.

«The contempt, when it's criminal in nature, is typically reserved for cases where there has been a failure for an effective civil enforcement, there has been particularly egregious conduct, repeat offenders or sentences where there have been violence or damaged property,» he said.

Punitive damages are also available in many jurisdictions to punish defendants in those cases involving particularly egregious conduct which demonstrates a reckless or wanton disregard for the safety of the public.

Not exact matches

But when a judge's conduct is particularly egregious and perhaps even violates someone's civil rights, should the shield come down?

They are meant to punish or deter future similar conduct when the circumstances involved in the case are particularly egregious.

Were defendants behaving particularly egregiously when it comes to corporate reputation, or were courts more likely to find conduct that injures corporate reputation to be egregious — perhaps because corporations are less likely than humans to sue unless conduct is egregious?

Punitive Damages — Punitive damages are available in cases in which the conduct of the defendant is established to have been particularly egregious.

Of course, punitive damages may apply to other situations as well if the conduct of the at - fault individual was particularly flagrant and egregious.

Finally, there are a number of common law torts that employees may rely upon where an employer's or co-worker's conduct is particularly egregious but does not relate to labour standards or human rights laws.

They're only recoverable under certain circumstances, where the conduct of the defendant who caused the death was particularly egregious.

Punitive damages are rarely awarded in personal injury cases, but they may be awarded if the defendant's conduct was particularly egregious.