Sentences with phrase «punishing egregious behavior»

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Punitive damages are normally awarded in order to punish especially egregious behavior or to discourage similar behavior in the future.

Such damages are intended not to compensate a plaintiff for actual losses sustained as a result of a defendant's actions or actions, but rather to punish a defendant for egregious behavior leading to personal injury and to deter the same and similar defendants from engaging in the same sort of behavior in the future.

Rather, they are a way to punish the defendant for intentional conduct or gross negligence — behavior that is so egregious that a civil court penalty is warranted in order to deter the defendant from committing the same act again in the future.

If the party responsible for an individual's catastrophic injuries engaged in especially egregious conduct, such as drunk driving, violent assault, very dangerous business practices, concealing known dangers from the public, or other grossly negligent or misleading behavior, the court may even find that the responsible party owes punitive damages, which are meant to punish the wrongdoer and deter future bad conduct.

In addition, your personal injury award could be drastically increased if the judge decides that the behavior and actions of the liable party are so egregious that they should be punished for their decisions.