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  • in this case as a form of life insurance). General damages for pain and suffering, and punitive damages for employer negligence, are generally not available ...
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  • For civil assault or battery, the penalty is damages, the amount of which in most cases is determined by a jury, based on the harm done to the plaintiff ...
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  • acting unconstitutionally so long as damages for past conduct are not paid from state funds, or to money damages from state funds. ...
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  • Act of 1996, companies can legally seek damages and injunctions when their ... of judicial relief, including injunctions, damages, including "exemplary ...
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  • gave employers the right to sue unions for damages caused by a secondary boycott ... federal courts to hold unions liable in damages for strikes violating a ...
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  • Tribe of Oklahoma finding current fair market value damages of $35 million and total fair rental value damages of $3.5 million. The jury gave the State ...
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  • quot;law" that could only award money damages and recognized only the ... example, they might argue that an award of damages (at common law) was not ...
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  • for a remedy of rescission and sometimes damages depending on the type of ... breach of contract is an award of money damages. When dealing with unique ...
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  • loss, which may be compensated by damages, but in the personal insult ... . Furthermore, to collect compensatory damages, a public official or public ...
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  • to seek judicial relief and possibly damages through a lawsuit. In some ... access. A court may order payment of damages or an injunction to remedy ...
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  • operations by physicians, and for damages caused by neglect in various ... reflects an underlying principle of equal damages, a strong word picture that ...
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  • the jury awarded Scott $875,000 in compensatory damages and and $2,500,000 in punitive damages against Ross, which were later settled for $5,000 and 200 ...
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  • punishment as well, since in practice it damages the reputation of innocent suspects. Modern practices aimed at curing social ills may run against ...
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  • liable to punishment, or to the payment of damages, for acts done in their official character but in excess of their lawful authority. [Appointed ...
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  • tissue, and inhalation of its vapors irritates and damages the respiratory system. Ingestion of excess bromide can trigger depression and loss of body weight. ...
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  • in more than $1 million in property damages, as well as months of clean-up work. While molasses used to be the most popular sweetener in the United ...
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  • mother paid Leyster four guilders in punitive damages, half of what Leyster had demanded. Instead of returning her apprentice, Hals settled the matter ...
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  • Nation: An Atlas of Storms, Hail, and Their Damages in the 20th Century. Darby, PA: Diane Publishing Co, 2003. ISBN 0756726301 * Ferrel, William ...
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  • book's publisher, securing a retraction and damages of two hundred English pounds (Campbell, 2003). The book nonetheless contributed much to Morgan ...
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  • has an irreversible impact that damages the recipient culture. This is the case of many indigenous peoples, such as First Nations of Canada, ...
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  • reliance by the plaintiff; and (4) resulting damages. It is often difficult ... compensate for the harm caused, punitive damages to punish or deter the misconduct ...
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  • to issue a public apology and pay $2,500 in damages to Adair. Bussey, 26-27. ===Service in the War of 1812=== At the outbreak of the War of 1812 ...
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  • auction house was forced to pay $256 million in damages. ===Sotheby's Today=== Sotheby’s continues to expand international operations. ...
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  • feed on a field of crops, he had to pay damages four-fold; if he turned ... the boat under way was responsible for damages to the boat at anchor. ...
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  • | Damages= | Inflated= | Fatalities=3 direct | Areas=Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Burma | Hurricane season=2007 North Indian ...
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  • *Jacob & Youngs v. Kent: he argued expectation damages arising from a breach of contract are limited to the diminuation of the property& ...
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  • cause lung embolisms, and accumulated exposure damages the liver. Neodymium also acts as an anticoagulant, especially when given intravenously. ...
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  • killing off insect and aquatic life forms. It also damages buildings and statues, and may adversely affect human health. These problems, which have increased ...
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  • where radioactivity degrades the marrow and damages bone cells. Marie Curie's premature death has been attributed to her extensive work with radium. ...
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  • damage it causes to forests and lakes. It also damages freshwater and coastal ecosystems, soils, and even ancient historical monuments. ...
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  • #The court must judge the damages incurred by a goring ox #The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating ...
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  • of women to sue and collect compensatory (punitive) damages for sexual discrimination or harassment, and the case of Ellison v. Brady resulted in rejecting ...
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  • ===$153.6 million damages for U.S. patent infringement=== to consider increasing the $153.6 million damages already awarded in the case. ...
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  • workers have filed a number of lawsuits seeking damages after they developed silicosis, a lung disease caused by inhalation of fine silica particles ...
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  • to riots and sabotage that caused $80 million in damages. Ray Ginger, Eugene V. Debs (Macmillan Pub Co, 1962, ISBN 978-0020033103), 170. ...
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  • can even cause skin cancer, if the radiation damages the complex DNA molecules in the cells (UV radiation is a proven mutagen). The Sun emits a large ...
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  • lymph, and bile passages; and causing tissue damages by rupture, enzymatic digestion, induction of autolysis, or secretion of toxins. ...
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  • activities, equal to the value of the damages. ====Coase’s alternative ... that polluters should pay for the damages they inflict on society ...
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  • in a transport network often also damages, and is sometimes mainly intended to damage that network. This applies for railways, bridges, runways ...
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  • The Atlantique Incident represented an event in which the Indian Air Force shot down a Pakistan Navy plane, Breguet Atlantique, carrying sixteen ...
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  • costs, Whistler won a mere farthing in nominal damages. The cost of the case, together with huge debts from building his residence, "The White ...
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  • by the heirs of the involved plot. Large punitive damages, intended to deter further acts of desecration, may be awarded. ===Family cemeteries=== ...
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  • lakes in 1903s as an experiment. By 1970s, damages to existing species became ... ban the import of live Back bass to prevent the damages. ...
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  • seized in 1959 by the State of Alabama to pay damages resulting from a libel suit. The Supreme Court of the United States later reversed this decision ...
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  • " Henry technically lost the case, but damages were set at such a nominally low level that the result was widely perceived to be a victory ...
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  • should pay Apple $1.05 billion (£665m) in damages in an intellectual property ... Samsung appealed the damages award, which the Court reduced by $450 ...
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  • acute withdrawal, a neurotoxic effect that damages the central nervous system ... results in excitotoxicity, a process which damages or kills neurons (brain ...
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  • of marriage suit. The defendant argues that damages should be slight, since "he is such a very bad lot," while the plaintiff argues that ...
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  • parole. Civil penalties may include liability for damages, injunctions, involuntary commitment, and, for perpetrators related to their victims, loss ...
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  • and suffered millions of dollars in damages due to the Great Mississippi ... throughout the Delta and millions of dollars in property damages. ...
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  • The purpose of an Earthquake Early Warning is to mitigate damages by an earthquake. They allow people to take measures to protect themselves ...
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  • enables the copyright holder to seek statutory damages and attorney's fees. [https://copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.pdf Subject Matter and ...
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  • rubbed together. Although this process often damages the frets of musical instruments, they were named separately. ===Weld decay and knifeline ...
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  • Supported by Johnson, Seward insisted that Britain pay for damages caused by the Alabama and other cruisers of the Confederate States of America ...
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  • fund, and a further $1.1 billion in damages).[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia ... #039;s Supreme Court awarded Suharto damages against TIME Asia magazine ...
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  • said that the CPS had defamed him, and claimed damages of £100,000. Luke Harding, [https://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/aug/24/soviet-dissident ...
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  • #039;s claim, seeking $104,000,000 in damages, was unsuccessful. However, Colonel Melville W. Beardsley (1913-1998), an American inventor and ...
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  • actions caused it irreparable injury, as the damages arising from its reduced ranking were too speculative." Martin Samson, [http://www.internetlibrary ...
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  • against Marion Beckett, asking for $200,000 in damages. The trial took place in 1921, with the result that Clara lost. The divorce became official in ...
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  • to a shell) does not contain explosives, and damages the intended target solely by imparting kinetic energy upon impact. The word "bullet ...
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  • Too much copper in the water damages marine life. The observed effect of these higher concentrations on fish and other creatures is damage to ...
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  • a term that refers to an immune response that damages the body's own tissues. Hypersensitivities can be classified into several types, based on ...
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  • fluoride (HF) in the exhaust are very toxic, which damages the environment, makes work around the launch pad difficult, and makes getting a launch license ...
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  • , the Jews were fined 1,000,000 German marks for damages done by the Nazi troops and SS members. ===South Africa=== [[Image:DurbanSign1989.jpg ...
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  • (long-term) exposure is on the blood. Benzene damages the bone marrow and can cause a decrease in the production of red blood cells, leading to anemia ...
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  • patent owner seeks monetary compensation (damages) for past infringement, ... patent is issued, they may be liable for damages.url=http://www.ipaustralia ...
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  • of winter snowfall in the Himalayan region. Damages incurred were estimated at US$ 3.5 billion. [https://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/kashmir ...
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  • IX could be sued for compensatory and punitive damages. A 2008 study of intercollegiate athletics showed that women's collegiate sports has ...
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  • Greta caused more than US$25 million in damages along the southern coast in 1978. == History == [[Image:Xunantunich1976.jpg|thumb|350px|Xunantunich ...
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  • ship and, in the so-called Alabama claims, demanded damages from Britain. Lord Palmerston refused to pay damages or to refer the dispute to arbitration ...
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  • required them to reimburse him for any damages he had to pay, should he be sued for slander or libel. Whenever friends reproached him for betraying ...
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  • but may not be required to pay monetary damages except by an explicit statutory waiver. Nonetheless, the ACLU has been awarded significant financial ...
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  • 1812, a fire in the print shop caused £10,000 in damages and lost work. Amongst the losses were many irreplaceable manuscripts, including much of Carey ...
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  • the government paid much more attention to the damages that unfair competition could cause to consumers, especially in terms of higher prices, poorer ...
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  • George caused approximately $445 million in damages and limited the gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the year. Alexander Hamilton, the ...
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  • Britain should be required not merely to pay damages for the havoc wreaked by the Confederate Ship Alabama and other cruisers fitted out for Confederate ...
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  • for the film that he sued Hughes and RKO for damages to his reputation "as an outstanding motion picture star and personality," eventually ...
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  • company released estimates covering 20 percent of damages to be reinsured at minimal fees when in actuality the damage was over 65 percent and every ...
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  • that disperses flammable oil, starts fires, and damages nearby equipment. Rigid cased cylindrical glass or plastic cases are more prone to explosive ...
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  • of suitable fire fighting gear, the damages inflicted by these fires are often considerable. The fiercely Orthodox monasteries of Mount Athos ...
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  • was indeed hit by a blue taxi, and said that damages should be assigned against the Blue Taxi Company. They stated that the probability of the witness ...
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  • or other development activity damages the soil to such a degree that the land cannot be used safely or productively. Remediation of derelict ...
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  • against the individual (leading to possible tort damages claims). Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth ...
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  • that absorbs ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which damages DNA and living tissue. Additional ingredients may be added to produce glass in a wide range ...
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  • lymph, and bile passages; and causing tissue damages by rupture, enzymatic digestion, induction of autolysis, or secretion of toxins. ...
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  • liberation war that brought tremendous damages to the country’s economic infrastructure. The civil war that took place in 1998 and 1999 and ...
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  • and can be done with a smile. It destroys or damages the target's reputation and ruins the target's relationships: It is the outcome ...
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  • ruled that nothing could be done to repay the damages the hostages faced due to the agreement they made when the hostages were freed. ...
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  • forced Joseon to pay a large sum of indemnity for damages inflicted on Japanese lives and property during the coup. On April 18, 1885, China and ...
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  • concerns the prevention of potential damages. [http://www.archivists.org/glossary/term_details.asp?DefinitionKey=79 A Glossary of Archival and ...
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  • commits an assault, for which he is liable in damages" (Bazzano et al. 2021). In 1931 in Germany, the Reich minister of the interior issued ...
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  • According to this theory, an accumulation of cross-linked proteins damages cells and tissues, slowing down bodily processes and resulting in aging. ...
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  • a libel suit against Ruskin, though the award of damages was only one farthing. The episode tarnished Ruskin's reputation, and may have accelerated ...
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  • gestro feeds on young leaves and damages seedlings and mature coconut palms. On September 27, 2007, Philippines' Metro Manila and 26 provinces ...
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  • were made to pay back one billion Reichsmark in damages, the fine being raised by confiscating 20 percent of every Jewish property. The Jews also ...
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  • ear of one moai. The tourist was fined $17,000 in damages and was banned from the island for three years. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7337927 ...
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  • CanadaAM B.C. tribunal awards lesbian couple damages,] CTV.ca, November 30, 2005. Retrieved May 21, 2007. The two women claimed they were unaware ...
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  • German military even tried to repair some of the damages done by the "wall peckers." Gradually these attempts ceased, and guards became more ...
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  • Ecological damages were reported in the eighteenth century, as the multiplication of colonies impacted deforestation. Since the nineteenth century ...
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  • by payment of monetary compensation or damages. The first signs of the modern distinction between crimes and civil matters emerged during the ...
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