Search results for "Damages" - New World Encyclopedia

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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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