Sentences with phrase «reducing certain awards»

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When redeeming miles for award travel, cardholders get 10 % of their miles back for use on a future trip, and are also eligible for reduced mileage awards on domestic travel between certain cities.

Although the article says that criminal lawyers are the most despised ones in the minds of the public, I think personal injury / tort lawyers have this label because they impose costs on society and business such as hefty insurance premiums (somebody has to pay for that award money), and reduce personal freedom due to the banning of certain activities due to fears of litigation.

Most states follow the theory of «comparative negligence,» which means that if the injured party is determined to have been responsible for a certain percentage of the harm, that party's recovery (the monetary «damages» awarded or reached by settlement) will be reduced by that same percentage.