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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 ...

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 ...

acting unconstitutionally so long as damages for past conduct are not paid from state funds, or to money damages from state funds. ...

Act of 1996, companies can legally seek damages and injunctions when their ... of judicial relief, including injunctions, damages, including "exemplary ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

loss, which may be compensated by damages, but in the personal insult ... . Furthermore, to collect compensatory damages, a public official or public ...

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 ...

operations by physicians, and for damages caused by neglect in various ... reflects an underlying principle of equal damages, a strong word picture that ...

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 ...

punishment as well, since in practice it damages the reputation of innocent suspects. Modern practices aimed at curing social ills may run against ...

liable to punishment, or to the payment of damages, for acts done in their official character but in excess of their lawful authority. [Appointed ...

tissue, and inhalation of its vapors irritates and damages the respiratory system. Ingestion of excess bromide can trigger depression and loss of body weight. ...

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 ...

mother paid Leyster four guilders in punitive damages, half of what Leyster had demanded. Instead of returning her apprentice, Hals settled the matter ...

Nation: An Atlas of Storms, Hail, and Their Damages in the 20th Century. Darby, PA: Diane Publishing Co, 2003. ISBN 0756726301 * Ferrel, William ...

book's publisher, securing a retraction and damages of two hundred English pounds (Campbell, 2003). The book nonetheless contributed much to Morgan ...

has an irreversible impact that damages the recipient culture. This is the case of many indigenous peoples, such as First Nations of Canada, ...

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 ...

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 ...

auction house was forced to pay $256 million in damages. ===Sotheby's Today=== Sotheby’s continues to expand international operations. ...

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. ...

| Damages= | Inflated= | Fatalities=3 direct | Areas=Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Burma | Hurricane season=2007 North Indian ...

*Jacob & Youngs v. Kent: he argued expectation damages arising from a breach of contract are limited to the diminuation of the property& ...

cause lung embolisms, and accumulated exposure damages the liver. Neodymium also acts as an anticoagulant, especially when given intravenously. ...

killing off insect and aquatic life forms. It also damages buildings and statues, and may adversely affect human health. These problems, which have increased ...

where radioactivity degrades the marrow and damages bone cells. Marie Curie's premature death has been attributed to her extensive work with radium. ...

damage it causes to forests and lakes. It also damages freshwater and coastal ecosystems, soils, and even ancient historical monuments. ...

#The court must judge the damages incurred by a goring ox #The court must judge the damages incurred by an animal eating ...

of women to sue and collect compensatory (punitive) damages for sexual discrimination or harassment, and the case of Ellison v. Brady resulted in rejecting ...

===$153.6 million damages for U.S. patent infringement=== to consider increasing the $153.6 million damages already awarded in the case. ...

workers have filed a number of lawsuits seeking damages after they developed silicosis, a lung disease caused by inhalation of fine silica particles ...

to riots and sabotage that caused $80 million in damages. Ray Ginger, Eugene V. Debs (Macmillan Pub Co, 1962, ISBN 978-0020033103), 170. ...

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 ...

lymph, and bile passages; and causing tissue damages by rupture, enzymatic digestion, induction of autolysis, or secretion of toxins. ...

activities, equal to the value of the damages. ====Coase’s alternative ... that polluters should pay for the damages they inflict on society ...

in a transport network often also damages, and is sometimes mainly intended to damage that network. This applies for railways, bridges, runways ...

The Atlantique Incident represented an event in which the Indian Air Force shot down a Pakistan Navy plane, Breguet Atlantique, carrying sixteen ...

costs, Whistler won a mere farthing in nominal damages. The cost of the case, together with huge debts from building his residence, "The White ...

by the heirs of the involved plot. Large punitive damages, intended to deter further acts of desecration, may be awarded. ===Family cemeteries=== ...

lakes in 1903s as an experiment. By 1970s, damages to existing species became ... ban the import of live Back bass to prevent the damages. ...

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 ...

" 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 ...

should pay Apple $1.05 billion (£665m) in damages in an intellectual property ... Samsung appealed the damages award, which the Court reduced by $450 ...

acute withdrawal, a neurotoxic effect that damages the central nervous system ... results in excitotoxicity, a process which damages or kills neurons (brain ...

of marriage suit. The defendant argues that damages should be slight, since "he is such a very bad lot," while the plaintiff argues that ...

parole. Civil penalties may include liability for damages, injunctions, involuntary commitment, and, for perpetrators related to their victims, loss ...

and suffered millions of dollars in damages due to the Great Mississippi ... throughout the Delta and millions of dollars in property damages. ...

The purpose of an Earthquake Early Warning is to mitigate damages by an earthquake. They allow people to take measures to protect themselves ...

enables the copyright holder to seek statutory damages and attorney's fees. [https://copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.pdf Subject Matter and ...

rubbed together. Although this process often damages the frets of musical instruments, they were named separately. ===Weld decay and knifeline ...

Supported by Johnson, Seward insisted that Britain pay for damages caused by the Alabama and other cruisers of the Confederate States of America ...

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 ...

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 ...

#039;s claim, seeking $104,000,000 in damages, was unsuccessful. However, Colonel Melville W. Beardsley (1913-1998), an American inventor and ...

actions caused it irreparable injury, as the damages arising from its reduced ranking were too speculative." Martin Samson, [http://www.internetlibrary ...

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 ...

to a shell) does not contain explosives, and damages the intended target solely by imparting kinetic energy upon impact. The word "bullet ...

Too much copper in the water damages marine life. The observed effect of these higher concentrations on fish and other creatures is damage to ...

a term that refers to an immune response that damages the body's own tissues. Hypersensitivities can be classified into several types, based on ...

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 ...

, the Jews were fined 1,000,000 German marks for damages done by the Nazi troops and SS members. ===South Africa=== [[Image:DurbanSign1989.jpg ...

(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 ...

patent owner seeks monetary compensation (damages) for past infringement, ... patent is issued, they may be liable for damages.url=http://www.ipaustralia ...

of winter snowfall in the Himalayan region. Damages incurred were estimated at US$ 3.5 billion. [https://reliefweb.int/report/pakistan/kashmir ...

IX could be sued for compensatory and punitive damages. A 2008 study of intercollegiate athletics showed that women's collegiate sports has ...

Greta caused more than US$25 million in damages along the southern coast in 1978. == History == [[Image:Xunantunich1976.jpg|thumb|350px|Xunantunich ...

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 ...

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 ...

but may not be required to pay monetary damages except by an explicit statutory waiver. Nonetheless, the ACLU has been awarded significant financial ...

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 ...

the government paid much more attention to the damages that unfair competition could cause to consumers, especially in terms of higher prices, poorer ...

George caused approximately $445 million in damages and limited the gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the year. Alexander Hamilton, the ...

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 ...

for the film that he sued Hughes and RKO for damages to his reputation "as an outstanding motion picture star and personality," eventually ...

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 ...

that disperses flammable oil, starts fires, and damages nearby equipment. Rigid cased cylindrical glass or plastic cases are more prone to explosive ...

of suitable fire fighting gear, the damages inflicted by these fires are often considerable. The fiercely Orthodox monasteries of Mount Athos ...

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 ...

or other development activity damages the soil to such a degree that the land cannot be used safely or productively. Remediation of derelict ...

against the individual (leading to possible tort damages claims). Lord Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth ...

that absorbs ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which damages DNA and living tissue. Additional ingredients may be added to produce glass in a wide range ...

lymph, and bile passages; and causing tissue damages by rupture, enzymatic digestion, induction of autolysis, or secretion of toxins. ...

liberation war that brought tremendous damages to the country’s economic infrastructure. The civil war that took place in 1998 and 1999 and ...

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 ...

ruled that nothing could be done to repay the damages the hostages faced due to the agreement they made when the hostages were freed. ...

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 ...

concerns the prevention of potential damages. [http://www.archivists.org/glossary/term_details.asp?DefinitionKey=79 A Glossary of Archival and ...

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 ...

According to this theory, an accumulation of cross-linked proteins damages cells and tissues, slowing down bodily processes and resulting in aging. ...

a libel suit against Ruskin, though the award of damages was only one farthing. The episode tarnished Ruskin's reputation, and may have accelerated ...

gestro feeds on young leaves and damages seedlings and mature coconut palms. On September 27, 2007, Philippines' Metro Manila and 26 provinces ...

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 ...

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 ...

CanadaAM B.C. tribunal awards lesbian couple damages,] CTV.ca, November 30, 2005. Retrieved May 21, 2007. The two women claimed they were unaware ...

German military even tried to repair some of the damages done by the "wall peckers." Gradually these attempts ceased, and guards became more ...

Ecological damages were reported in the eighteenth century, as the multiplication of colonies impacted deforestation. Since the nineteenth century ...

by payment of monetary compensation or damages. The first signs of the modern distinction between crimes and civil matters emerged during the ...

of the crime to obtain compensation for the damages suffered, and does not erase the condemnation from the criminal record. When the death penalty ...

effort for the duration of the flood. Total damages exceeded $1 billion. ===Red River Floodway=== To prevent future floods, the Red River Basin ...

*Due to arena damages caused by Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Hornets played most of their 2005-06 home schedule in Oklahoma City. They ...

by José Antônio Saraiva to demand payment for the damages caused to gaucho farmers in border conflicts with Uruguayan farmers. The Uruguayan president ...

to humans or other living organisms, or damages the environment. [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollutes Pollutes]. Merriam-Webster ...

World War II era have sought to repair these damages. They have on the whole been successful, but some of the more costly items, such as the vast array ...

survivors and their descendants for the damages which they had incurred ... testimony about the scale of property damages. Langley spoke first The ...

institution for control of assets or for damages resulting from the behavior of religious officials, such as sexual abuse by priests. ...

who had wells on their land compensation only for damages done by gas extraction. This setup closely resembled the precontact land distribution system ...

costs of drug law enforcement far exceed the damages that the drugs themselves cause.Drug Library, [http://www.druglibrary.org/special/friedman/socialist ...

United States had successfully pressed claims for damages in British courts against British citizens who had been involved in privateering against American ...

of the population) people killed, and damages were estimated at $9.1-billion. ... people were killed and national damages were estimated at $9.1-billion. ...

lawsuit, filed by Charles Chaplin Jr., sought damages for the exclusion of his father, Charlie Chaplin, whose nomination had been withdrawn due to pressure ...

called Bernhard a Nestbeschmutzer (a person who damages the reputation of his country) and openly demanded that the play should not be staged in Vienna ...

50,000 people were evacuated during the crisis. Damages from the storm were estimated at $355.6 million. El Salvador's position on the Pacific ...

believed to cause damage to qi, which in turn, damages the vital organs. Yana Suchy, Clinical Neuropsychology of Emotion (The Guilford Press, ...

of nerves and thus vitamin E deficiency damages the nervous system (Brody 2004). ===Deficiency === Vitamin E deficiency Vitamin E deficiency is ...

ended with the union ordered to pay £23,000 damages for a strike. The judgment effectively made strikes illegal since employers could recoup the cost ...

known to provide protection against lightning damages to the nearby buildings. Tall trees with high biomass for the root system provide good lightning ...

There have been only a few neutral assessments of the damages of the war. In the opinion of GlobalSecurity.org, "The losses were relatively ...

injures or steals Set's testicles and Set damages or tears out one, or occasionally both, of Horus' eyes. Sometimes the eye is torn into pieces ...

to sue the Russian Ministry of Defense for damages inflicted. Undisciplined Russian soldiers were also reported as murdering, raping, and looting ...

King. King was sent to investigate damages claims resulting from a riot when the Asiatic Exclusion League led a rampage through Chinatown and ...

destructive, that which demeans, damages, or depersonalizes others. In view of these considerations, violence may be defined as follows: any ...

Kim Jong Il died 'in a fit of rage' over damages at crucial power plant project: report,"] The Daily News, December 31, 2012. "South ...

of the Texas National Guard. They sought money damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), civil rights statutes, the Racketeer Influenced ...

a result paid no significant compensation for war damages, either to the Polish state or to Polish citizens. Reinhold Billstein, Working for the ...

of violence is established, as it damages the dictatorship's other institutions and poses a threat to the dictator's rule should government ...

and 361 B.C.E. The courts fixed Demosthenes' damages at ten talents.Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 3, [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext ...

transfer of property; the spoken word; honor; damages; crimes; judicial law; and exemptions. This customary law was strictly observed by northern highlands ...

the type of mutagen. For example, UV light mostly damages DNA by producing thymine dimers, which are cross-links between adjacent pyrimidine bases in ...

$100 million for newly discovered damages. [[Image:Alaska tufted puffin.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Tufted Puffin at the Alaska SeaLife Center.]] ...

Diamonds can scratch other diamonds, but this damages both diamonds. ==Gemological characteristics== The most familiar usage of diamonds today ...

power plants, and the resulting acid rain which damages forest. Water pollution from industrial and municipal sources is also a problem, as is disposal ...

associated with antifa seeking $900,000 in damages for assault and emotional distress and an injunction to prevent further harassment. The lawsuit ...

District of Illinois seeking US$30 million in damages claiming violations under the Lanham Act for false endorsement and a state law claim for violation ...

from sulfur dioxide emissions, which damages forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern ...