The 1996 bill included a punitive damages cap for both big and small businesses.
If they do, they're subject to civil suits, including compensation for emotional injury and punitive damages.
An issue of contention has been whether the industry ought to be liable for punitive damages.
Analysts are sanguine about the loss, even though punitive damages could be on the way.
On August 27, 2010, representing himself, plaintiff filed a verified complaint for damages, including punitive damages.
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For punitive damages of that size to be awarded in a commercial case is very unusual.
Punitive damages, Schuck says, are usually used in personal injury cases, where someone was obviously hurt.
Bloomberg News reported Tuesday that the courts have discouraged awarding punitive damages in recent years.
But he took a conservative view of frivolous lawsuits against corporations and excessive punitive damages.
Personal physical injury and physical sickness recoveries are tax-free, but punitive damages and interest are taxable.
In exchange, the tobacco firms would gain protection against further class-action lawsuits and punitive damages.
With the opt-out cases, unlike the first round of lawsuits, Fleming is barred from seeking punitive damages.
In exchange, the companies were given immunity from class-action suits and punitive damages based on past acts.
For instance, the measure would allow victims to sue labor traffickers for unpaid wages and receive punitive damages.
It would establish a national standard for awarding punitive damages that is more strict than many existing state laws.
Hunter is now seeking compensatory damages and punitive damages for an unspecified amount.
Baker ruled that punitive damages may be awarded in maritime cases only on a 1:1 ratio with compensatory damages.
He hopes to recover investigative costs and stick his opponent with punitive damages.
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So the Supreme Court has dealt with this question of punitive damages before.
For example, the Court could uphold certification and allow for injunctive relief but not back pay or punitive damages.
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Hecimovich, representing himself, was seeking reinstatement as a head coach, unspecified punitive damages, and attorneys fees and other costs.
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The plaintiffs are seeking back pay, punitive damages and changes in how Wal-Mart makes its pay and promotion decisions.
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But what if juries continue to sock the tobacco companies with punitive damages, so that they collectively exceed constitutional limits?
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The main problem in America's tort system is not class actions, but rather punitive damages and the rest of it.
The ruling clears the way for the plaintiff to get punitive damages from the collector, a unit of West Corp.
Punitive damages are rare almost as rare as some of the trophy wines that were at issue in Koch v.
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Philip Morris, will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court and could decrease the ability of juries to award punitive damages.
The suit, filed in district court in Little Rock, also demands compensatory and punitive damages for rice-growers affected by the incident.
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Note that in this pretrial settlement, Liberty National didn't admit any wrongdoing or specify that the payments were for punitive damages.
The Austin, Texas-based designer is requesting compensatory and punitive damages for harm done to her personal reputation and to her business.
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