Compensatory Damages Legal Statute 
JURIST
APRIL 28, 2022
The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled Thursday that damages for emotional distress are not recoverable in a private lawsuit to enforce either the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Affordable Care Act. This decision clarifies what damages are available to individuals who sue under federal anti-discrimination statutes.
Legal Writing Launch
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
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Day on Torts
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Further, where the fraud was related to the purchase of plaintiff’s home, and the jury awarded plaintiff the amount she paid for the home in compensatory damages, that award was affirmed. On appeal, the verdict for compensatory damages was affirmed, but the punitive award was vacated and remanded for further proceedings.
Conflict of Laws
JANUARY 22, 2025
Featuring the reports from the most recent IACL/AIDC General Congress in Asuncin, the volume provides the reader with unique insights by renowned legal scholars into the practices of 14 national jurisdictions ( inter alia China, Germany, Japan, Korea, UK, U.S.) Buxbaum offers a great deal of valuable guidance and insights.
Conflict of Laws
MARCH 23, 2024
It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. Concluding the first panel (and day) of the conference, Rachel Mulheron (Queen Mary University) shared her insights into “Punitive Damages in English Law”. However, Jovanovi?
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
From a practical perspective, the court’s resolution of Cummings might well affect the availability of emotional distress damages under additional federal anti-discrimination laws — including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education programs.
SCOTUSBlog
JULY 2, 2021
Premier Rehab Keller , a lawsuit filed in federal court in 2018 by Jane Cummings, who has been deaf since birth and is legally blind. She sought compensatory damages for “humiliation, frustration, and emotional distress.”
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