Compensatory Damages, Contract and Healthcare

Attorney’s fees allowed as compensatory damages in inducement of breach of contract case.

Day on Torts

MARCH 9, 2022

Where the evidence clearly established the elements of intent and malice in an inducement of breach of contract case, summary judgment for plaintiff was affirmed. Moreover, the trial court’s ruling that plaintiff could recover attorney’s fees as compensatory damages under the independent tort theory was also affirmed.

Compensatory Damages

Compensatory Damages Contract Healthcare Tort

SCOTUS bars emotional distress damages under the Affordable Care Act

JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

Cummings sought equitable relief and compensatory damages for emotional distress. In similar cases, the court “has regularly applied [a] contract-law analogy to define the scope of conduct for which funding recipients may be held liable, with an eye toward ensuring that recipients had notice of their obligations.”

Compensatory Damages

Compensatory Damages Contract Contract Law Statute

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Attorney’s fees allowed as compensatory damages in inducement of breach of contract case.

SCOTUS bars emotional distress damages under the Affordable Care Act

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