LegalReader

JUNE 24, 2022

In contrast to compensatory damages, punitive damages are awarded when a defendant commits deliberate, malicious, or fraudulent acts that cause harm to another person.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

JANUARY 16, 2023

Their lawsuit requests defendants pay their attorney fees, compensatory damages, and an audit of royalty payments since 2015. Two of the three members of “Gap Band,” Robert and Ronnie Wilson’s heir’s suit alleges BMG is in breach of contract over unpaid royalties.

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

” As remedy, Johnson seeks $86 billion in compensatory damages, as well as “treble damages” in the amount of $172 billion—as a result of a statute permitting the court to triple the amount of damages—together with attorneys’ fees and the costs of this action.

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LegalReader

MARCH 17, 2022

You are entitled to compensatory damages, which can be economic and non-economic.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The plaintiffs seek unspecified compensatory damages and restitution for unpaid commissions on the $2.05 million they raised. Allegedly Rescue Dog was promised a […]. The post Film Fridays: Lawsuit Between Producers Over Unpaid Commissions on Chris Pine Film appeared first on THE HOLLYWOOD LAWYER.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 8, 2022

Claims are resolved through the recovery of compensatory damages and punitive damages. .

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LegalReader

APRIL 1, 2022

You are entitled to compensatory damages covering your financial losses (medical bills, lost wages, etc.) This is the element that matters most to the victim of a truck accident. as well as your pain and suffering.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2021

The students push back against the idea that allowing claims for nominal damages to go forward even after the policy at the heart of a lawsuit has been changed will create an incentive for plaintiffs to run up large legal bills. Nominal damages, the officials reason, are not simply “a small amount of compensatory damages.”

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JURIST

MARCH 8, 2022

Additionally, the City seeks compensatory damages, punitive or exemplary damages, attorney’s fees and pre and post-judgment interest on all monies awarded. The City is seeking a jury trial, as well as an order for the defendant companies to abate the public nuisance, including funding future abatement measures.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Missouri law allows compensatory damages, which are the documented costs for medical treatment and expenses, lost income and the ability to earn money in the future, and pain and suffering.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 5, 2022

A Texas jury ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay more than $4 million — significantly less than the $150 million being sought — in compensatory damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, reports the Associated Press. The plaintiffs’ attorney Mark Bankston insisted that the $4.11

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Blumberg

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As experienced business law attorneys, we’re well acquainted with various remedies and preparation techniques for managing breached business contracts. Essentially, expulsion needs to be executed in good faith or the business is at risk of being sued for damages. Understanding A Breach of Contract in Business. Business Contract Issues?

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 24, 2022

Another interesting example would be a series of cases where a Chinese court in Guangzhou recognized and enforced compensatory damages awarded in three U.S. EB-5 Visa fraud judgments, but rejected the punitive damages awarded therein, echoing the same rule laid down in the 2021 Conference Summary.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 29, 2021

where the Second District, Division Five, Court of Appeal, in a published opinion , affirmed almost $170,000 in attorneys fees after a jury awarded less than $22,000 for a violation of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (commonly known as the “lemon law”) in the sale of a used car. The court granted review in Pulliam v.

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Patently O

APRIL 15, 2024

But here, the patentee had alleged both legal and equitable claims — seeking compensatory damages and injunctive relief respectively. The appellate panel also vacated the denial of attorney fees and costs – that will also be reconsidered on remand. Judge Stark wrote the opinion, joined by Judges Reyna and Hughes.

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Patently O

MARCH 20, 2024

59(e) order setting aside the damages verdict — meaning that although the patentee proved infringement, it will receive $0 in compensatory damages. At oral arguments, the patentee’s attorney Joseph Trojan argued that the court should not invade “the black box of the jury.” In 2020, Seal4Safti, Inc.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 5, 2021

He is seeking declaratory and injunctive relief; nominal damages; compensatory damages; reinstatement with backpay; punitive damages; and attorney fees, expenses, and costs pursuant to 42 USC § 1988. Beathard brought the lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. 1983 alleging First Amendment retaliation/viewpoint discrimination.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 23, 2021

They could also seek punitive damages in such a case. Compensatory damages cover both economic and non-economic damages. While rare, New Mexico does not limit punitive damages, which can be sought for torts that are malicious, willful, reckless, wanton, or fraudulent.

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JURIST

APRIL 26, 2024

The Senate’s amendment added that in a civil action based on violating the bill, “[The] plaintiff may recover from the person: (A) Compensatory damages; (B) Punitive damages; and (C) Reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs, and expenses.”

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Law 360

DECEMBER 16, 2021

A California state jury on Thursday awarded a former head of Farmers Insurance's in-house legal services $150 million in punitive damages, in addition to his $5.4 million compensatory damages, after finding that his role as a potential witness in a settled sex bias suit from female Farmers attorneys motivated his firing.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

20-219 , asks whether the compensatory damages available under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the statutes that incorporate its remedies, such as the Rehabilitation Act and the Affordable Care Act , include compensation for emotional distress. The solicitor general recommends the court grant review. Cummings v. 1104(a)(1)(B).

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 2, 2021

After the Washington attorney general learned about Stutzman’s refusal, he sued her for violating the state’s antidiscrimination laws, as did Ingersoll and his husband. She sought compensatory damages for “humiliation, frustration, and emotional distress.”

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

involving whether punitive damages that are twice compensatory damages and fall within a state’s statutory punitive damages cap are constitutionally excessive. Attorney General , which held in 2005 that, to establish derivative citizenship under the since-amended version of 8 U.S.C. Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The State seeks compensatory damages, penalties for violation of the Consumer Fraud Act, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, and costs of suit. Plaintiff in Securities Action Against Exxon Said Decision Against New York Attorney General Should Not Affect this Case. BP America Inc. , N20C-09-097 (Del. filed Sept.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2021

The plaintiffs demand a jury trial and seek compensatory and punitive damages, including attorneys’ fees and costs, for physical and emotional injuries caused by the defendants.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Among other things, the plaintiffs seek compensatory damages, including general, actual, consequential, and special damages, in an amount to be determined at trial; punitive damages; nominal damages; reasonable and necessary attorneys’ fees and costs of suit; pre-judgment and post-judgment interest at the highest legally allowable rates.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The complaint asked the court for compensatory damages, equitable relief, attorneys’ fees, punitive damages, disgorgement of profits, and costs of suit. Maui asserted causes of action for public nuisance, private nuisance, strict liability failure to warn, negligent failure to warn, and trespass. County of Maui v.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The testimony put the controversial demands of New York Attorney General James into sharp relief. The charges brought by New York State Attorney General Letitia James were curious from the start. The case involved the practice of the company to repair and repaint cars damaged in transit without telling the customers.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Attorney General Letitia James declared not only that Trump would be barred from doing business in New York for three years, but that the damages would come to roughly $460 million once interest was included. In that case, BMW was found to have repainted luxury cars damaged in transit without telling buyers.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

Andrew Cuomo’s future remains uncertain following a report by the state attorney general’s office concluding that he sexually harassed nearly a dozen women throughout his recent political career — breaking state and federal laws, NBC News and The City NYC report. . New York Gov. Photo by Welington Abraham Trump via Flickr.

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