Sentences with phrase «upheld punitive damage awards»

The Court upheld punitive damage awards in both cases, but indicated that due process imposes an outer limit on remedies of this type.

In Mustagi, the British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld a punitive damage award of $ 175,000 to a foreign nanny.

One response to this problem is to note that those situations simply won't occur too often, and if they do, these results should not be viewed as controversial compared to the various cases in which courts have upheld punitive damages awards that constitute a far higher percentage of net wealth or value than what I've suggested under retributive dam - ages.

Not exact matches

The Court of Appeal upheld all aspects of the jury's award except for the amount of punitive damages.

The Federal Court upheld a $ 185,000 award for punitive and aggravated damages to a 30 year employee who was subjected to harassing and threatening conduct by his employer's executive director and then wrongfully dismissed without notice or cause.

A recent Supreme Court of British Columbia decision reveals that an award for aggravated and / or punitive damages is not automatic where termination for cause is not justified and upheld by the court.

Following an appeal by Home Hardware the aggravated damages were set aside and the punitive damages were reduced to $ 75,000 however, the notice award and defamation damages in the amount of $ 60,000 were upheld.

Obtained a punitive damage award ($ 350,000) which is still the highest punitive award against an insurer upheld by the Ontario Court of Appeal (Plester vs. Wawanesa)

The Court of Appeal for British Columbia upheld the award for mental damages and also awarded Ms. Fidler $ 100,000 in punitive damages for bad faith conduct by Sun Life.

Although the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the award of punitive damages against RBC it rejected the trial judge's conclusion that «courts are entitled to expect honest behaviour from the major chartered banks».

[61] That it did, however, does not alone mean the $ 150,000 award of punitive damages should be upheld.

This decision was upheld on appeal except for the punitive damages award.