Sentences with phrase «then reduced this award»

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But I could not know that until I saw the will, and the defendant refused me a sight until discovery; I then took what steps I could to reduce the costs» you would almost certainly not have to pay the other side's costs, and you might be awarded your own.

If this is the case, and racial and ethnic groups do not have the same distribution of these characteristics, then including controls for these effects might reduce or eliminate differences in award probability.

If your award flight happens to be towards a reduced mileage destination, then your rewards rate will be correspondingly higher.

Then there are the perks and benefits you'll enjoy at no additional cost, such as free checked bags and reduced mileage awards.

Then it even reduced the mileage cost on many award flights.

If your award flight happens to be towards a reduced mileage destination, then your rewards rate will be correspondingly higher.

If you're involved in the deploying locally - available renewable energy in the developing world with the aim of combatting climate change and reducing poverty, then being a finalist for the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy is a big deal.

If you choose not to follow the Protocol, you issue proceedings and either your debtor is familiar with the Protocol or instructs solicitors who are, then the following sanctions can be imposed by the court: - • An order staying the proceedings which also requires compliance with the Protocol; • An order that if you have not complied you pay the costs of the proceedings or part of the costs of the other side even if you obtain judgment in your favour; • An order that those costs are paid on a more stringent basis known as an indemnity basis; • An order depriving the party who is at fault of any entitlement to interest or alternatively awarding interest at a reduced rate; • Depending on who is at fault the court can also order payment of a higher interest rate of up to 10 % above base rate.

Therefore if you could have collected $ 100,000 at trial or at settlement, then being 75 % at fault would reduce your award or entitlement to merely $ 25,000.

But «a judge reduced the award to $ 5 million, then the federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., threw out the verdict altogether as barred by the church's First Amendment rights.»

This means that if the defendant can substantiate that the victim contributed to the accident, then this will reduce your award of damages.

In it the Board announced that it will no longer reduce non-economic loss (NEL) awards for injured workers as a result of non-symptomatic pre-existing conditions, and will reconsider NEL lump sum settlements that were awarded and then reduced based on asymptomatic pre-existing conditions.

Then, her damages award is reduced by the portion of her fault.

If the other party can prove that you share some part of the blame for your injuries, then your personal injury award may be reduced.

Likewise, if there is a measurable risk that the pre-existing condition would have detrimentally affected the plaintiff in the future, regardless of the defendant's negligence, then this can be taken into account in reducing the overall award: Graham v. Rourke, 74 D.L.R. (4th) 1; Malec v. J. C. Hutton Proprietary Ltd., 169 C.L.R. 638; Cooper - Stephenson, supra, at pp. 851 - 852.

Florida has comparative negligence law, which means if you are partially responsible for the incident that caused your injuries, then your potential award at trial is reduced.

If the award is $ 100,000, then your payout will be reduced by 20 %, so you will receive $ 80,000.

For instance, if you were awarded a sum of $ 50,000 and it was determined that you were 40 percent liable, then your injury compensation would be reduced by that same 40 percent and you would instead be awarded a final sum of $ 30,000.

If a jurisdiction decided (against my advice offered below) to allocate the retribu - tive damages awards to the plaintiff and her counsel, then the reprehensibility - based guide - lines approach reduces the problem of diminished incentives in the aftermath of Philip Morris.