Sentences with phrase «punitive cost award»

The employer may be forced to pay a punitive cost award (ie.

The defendant's choice of tactics not only placed it a risk of being ordered to pay a punitive cost award but would have also significantly increased its own legal costs.

Not exact matches

Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorneys» fees, other than participant's actual out - of - pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering this Giveaway), and participant further waives all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.

Meanwhile, at the Thursday's proceedings, the presiding judge, Justice Adeyinka Oyinloye, awarded a punitive cost of N20, 000 against SaharaReporters, after its lawyer, Mr. Stanley Imhanruor, from Femi Falana's chambers, withdrew a motion he had earlier filed on behalf of his client.

Bills in the package would also raise civil penalties for Violations And Create An Avenue for Housing Courts to award statutory, compensatory and punitive damages as well as attorney's fees and costs for harassment cases.

Such person may also be awarded punitive damages, reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.

If any arbitration or other proceeding is brought to enforce or interpret this Agreement or matters relating to it, the substantially prevailing party, as determined by the arbitrator's award, will be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys» fees and other costs and expenses incurred in such arbitration or proceeding from the other party, in addition to any other relief to which such prevailing party is entitled; provided that in no event will the arbitrator have the authority to award punitive damages.

The suit seeks an award of actual damages, punitive damages, court costs, and attorney fees, as well as injunctive and declaratory relief.

Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances shall participant be permitted to obtain awards for, and hereby waives all rights to, punitive, incidental, or consequential damages, including reasonable attorney's fees, other than participant's actual out - of - pocket expenses (i.e. costs associated with entering this Campaign).

He rejected McIntosh's claims for punitive and aggravated damages but did award her partial indemnity costs of $ 6,500.

The purpose of a costs award is punitive and not compensatory; such an award is intended to have a deterrent effect and sanction conduct which negatively impacts the integrity of the tribunal's processes.

Altus Group Ltd. now faces the prospect of not only paying a $ 100,000.00 punitive damage award, wrongful dismissal damages and Gordon's legal costs but also dealing with the reputational damage of having been publicly punished for having engaged in a highly unethical business practice.

But, extreme awards drive up the costs of litigation and produce pressure on corporations to settle weak cases rather than run the risk of out - of - whack punitive damages.

Punitive damages are additional compensation awarded to the injured party above the amount granted to cover the costs of medical treatment, lost wages and pain and suffering.

The judge ordered the defendants to pay the legal costs incurred by Senator Enverga, along with the general and aggravated damages and punitive damages awarded, thus bringing the total amount to which the Senator is entitled to $ 340,000 plus pre-judgment interest.

The court also awarded a number of other remedies, including general and aggravated damages, punitive damages, costs of future therapy care, and future lost income.

These cases are interesting to compare to Pintea, where the costs award of $ 83,000 seems highly punitive, especially in light of Justice Martin's point about the merits of the action.

Justice Stinson awarded $ 50,000 in compensatory damages, $ 25,000 in aggravated damages and a further $ 25,000 in punitive damages along with interest and costs.

«An award of double costs is a punitive measure against a litigant for that party's failure, and all of the circumstances, to have accepted an offer to settle that should have been accepted.

substantial indemnity costs) that reflects the vast majority of the former employee's legal costs and, in extreme cases, an award of punitive damages.

Given that the Tribunal can not award punitive damages or legal costs and typically does not award damages for lost future earning capacity and future therapeutic treatment (all of which were awarded in Olympia), it would appear that civil actions should be given serious consideration in situations where an alleged breach of the Code involves factually complex or serious acts of misconduct.

In some cases, the court may also award punitive damages, attorney's fees and costs.

• It should provide a speedy and cheap method to stop lawsuits if those suits were brought for an improper purpose, namely to harass or intimidate the defendants; • It should put the onus on plaintiffs to prove that their lawsuits were not improper; • It should help rebalance an inequality of financial resources between the parties, possibly by an order that the plaintiff should pay the defendants» costs at the outset of the litigation; • It should provide stronger legal protection for citizens engaged in public participation, such as through special defences; • It should deter people from bringing such suits in the first place, by exposing plaintiffs, and possibly their directors and officers, and lawyers, to awards of damages or even punitive damages.

The Court noted, however, that awarding the Defendant their costs would create «an unduly punitive sanction».

The IADC later founded Lawyers for Civil Justice (LCJ) to address rapidly accelerating litigation costs, runaway jury verdicts and routine awards of punitive damages.

Punitive damages are damages awarded to the injured party above the amount granted as compensation for the cost of medical treatment, lost wages and pain and suffering.

If leg - islatures have imposed caps on punitive damages through using a certain multiple of the compensatory damages or a certain flat dollar amount, then the wealthy defendant will simply view the punitive damages award as just a tax or a cost of doing business.

The judge awarded the Respondent damages in trespass as well as punitive damages and costs.

The existing tools to deal with SLAPPs include motions for summary judgment, the defence of Responsible Communication and a punitive award of costs.

California law could hardly be more clear on the question of whether the cost of an award of punitive damages can be shifted to the defendant's liability insurers: as a matter of public policy, punitive damage liability is uninsurable.

Disputes and Governing Law: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Contest or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by a federal or state court located in the province of Alberta any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out - of - pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Contest, but in no event attorneys» fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out - of - pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased.

Home insurance covers the cost of legal representation, damages awarded, and punitive costs as part of the liability coverage.

The lure for settlement trolls is that the FCRA permits awarding damages including up to $ 1,000 per violation (actual damages), attorney's fees, court costs, and punitive damages.

The small claims court can't award punitive damages, and «betterment» costs are excluded — that is, repairs that improved the property.