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.” The bill also establishes a private cause of action in which an individual may “assert an actual or threatened violation of this subchapter as a claim in a judicial or administrative proceeding and obtain compensatorydamages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or any other appropriate relief.”
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million in compensatorydamages and $120 million in punitive damages against Farmers Group Inc. Ex-insurance agents' counsel asked a California jury during closings Wednesday to award $17.24
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