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27 Jul, 2008 3:27 pm
... reduced the award of $2.5 billion punitive damages to $500 million, invoking a 1:1 maximum limit (in maritime cases) of punitive
damages to compensatory damages (here, $507 million). Justice Souter, speaking for ... served the compensatory function attributed to them by the Court in Cooper"). As the century
progressed, and "the types of compensatory damages available to plaintiffs . . . broadened," Cooper Industries, supra, at 437, n. 11, the consequence was that American courts
tended to speak of ...
7 Jul, 2008 2:27 pm
... damages are not universally accepted with some states prohibiting them entirely and others (including Louisiana) limiting the availability of punitive damages to only those cases in which statute specifically authorize them. The Court also ... ratio or maximum multiple. Again, referring to studies of previous punitive damage awards, the court determined that setting a maximum ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages of 1:1 satisfied the goals of preventing unpredictable and excessive awards ...
14 Mar, 2007 3:33 am
... on the 21st day of disability. For non-catastrophic injuries occurring on or after July 1, 1992, there is a maximum period of 400 weeks
from the date of the injury for entitlement to this benefit. A catastrophic injury is defined as one of the following: 1 ... the panel list or is otherwise authorized, then you will be
responsible for payment of the bill. There is no dollar limit on the amount of medical bills that an employer/insurer is liable to pay and under certain conditions, the employer
and ...
6 Jan 1:09 pm
... Court of Appeal reversed the trial court' calculation of the amount of the available policy limits. The trial judge had concluded that the maximum amount each insurer could be responsible to pay ... has paid one premium and can recover up to one policy limit; however, if an occurrence is
continuous across two policy periods, the insured has ... two premiums, and can recover up to the combined total of two policy limits. We see nothing unfair or unexpected in
this. The State's claims against the insurers ...
6 Jan 1:09 pm
... Court of Appeal reversed the trial court' calculation of the amount of the available policy limits. The trial judge had concluded that the maximum amount each insurer could be responsible to pay ... has paid one premium and can recover up to one policy limit; however, if an occurrence is
continuous across two policy periods, the insured has ... two premiums, and can recover up to the combined total of two policy limits. We see nothing unfair or unexpected in
this. The State's claims against the insurers ...
14 Jun, 2007 11:24 am
... annual family-sponsored and employment-based preference limits, i.e., 25,620. The dependent area limit is set at 2%, or 7,320. 3. Section 203 ... limit to 5,000
began in Fiscal Year 2002. B. DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT (DV) CATEGORY Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides a maximum ...
Services adjustment of status cases. Once that level of demand begins to exceed the supply of available numbers it will be necessary to make "adjustments" to the cut-off dates.
At this time is in not possible ...
24 Aug, 2008 8:33 pm
... any time NOT used as a principal residence of the taxpayer, the portion of the gain allocated to periods of "nonqualified use" will not be available for exclusion. Thus, if a
taxpayer rented out a residence or used it only as a vacation home for a period, but ... entire period of ownership of the taxpayer. The resulting amount of gain is eligible for
exclusion (up to the maximum $250,000/$500,000 exclusion limits), and the remaining gain is not excluded. There are some finer details
to the new rules ...
4 Apr 10:16 pm
... , or ill-gotten profits of the infringer in such a way that the total amount is greater than that which is available under the Copyright Act for statutory damages. That said,
it is important to note that courts, within their broad discretion, ... what the statutory damages award should be. However, there are limitations within the Copyright Act that
control the amount of statutory damages on a minimum and maximum basis. For example, a willful infringement of a registered copyright enables
the court ...
3 May 10:40 pm
... , or ill-gotten profits of the infringer in such a way that the total amount is greater than that which is available under the Copyright Act for statutory damages. That said,
it is important to note that courts, within their broad discretion, ... what the statutory damages award should be. However, there are limitations within the Copyright Act that
control the amount of statutory damages on a minimum and maximum basis. For example, a willful infringement of a registered copyright enables
the court ...
17 Apr, 2008 8:11 am
... personal fall arrest system is used for fall protection, it must do the following: • Limit maximum arresting force on an employee to
900 pounds (4 kiloNewtons) when used with a body belt; • Limit maximum arresting force on an employee to 1,800 pounds (8 kiloNewtons)
when used with a body harness; • Be rigged so that an employee can neither free fall ... nor contact any lower level; • Bring an employee to a complete stop and limit
maximum deceleration distance an employee travels to 3.5 feet (1.07 ...
21 Oct 6:50 am
... he would take any lawful and reasonable action to minimize obligations to the State . . . in order to secure the maximum amount
available to support his wife . . . and benefit his children." Id. at 148. Pursuant to N. ... of the ward require intervention. [ N.J.S.A. 52:27G-25h.] This provision does not
limit expressly the powers and responsibilities of the Public Guardian to guardianship services. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Footnote: 8
Counsel appointed by the ...
20 Aug 8:03 am
... they can no longer sponsor me as a result of the 6 year limit on H-1B visas? Reply: The H-1B visa is available for 3 years and can be extended for an additional 3 year
period ... . Only time spent in the U.S. working under H-1B status counts towards the maximum 6 year period of stay. Except for the L-1, time
spent in the U.S. under ... a petition filed for a second H-1B may be subject to the H-1B annual numerical limits (i.e. the H-1B cap). This individual could not utilize the
exemption to the H-1B cap ...
10 Dec, 2008 1:00 pm
... you. Consequently, you may be losing out on benefits you deserve. Benefits available under MN work comp includes: Wage loss benefits which may ... may either deny or seek to
discontinue temporary total disability benefits on the basis of: Maximum Medical Improvement "MMI" Your injury has resolved No restrictions
Return ... under the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Act. The Minnesota Workers' Compensation Act has limits to the type, the amount and the frequency of treatment you may
receive. A lawyer may ...
30 Jun, 2008 11:53 am
... why our better judgment is that eliminating unpredictable outlying punitive awards by more rigorous standards than the constitutional limit will probably have to take the
form adopted in those States that have looked to the criminal-law pattern of quantified limits," ... total relevant compensatory damages at $507.5 million…. A
punitive-to-compensatory ratio of 1:1 thus yields maximum punitive damages in that amount. We therefore vacate the judgment and remand the case
for the Court of Appeals to ...
3 Oct, 2007 1:37 am
... to the greater of (1) one year's rent or (2) fifteen percent of the remaining lease term, up to a maximum of three years' worth of rent.
The starting date for calculating the claim is the earlier of the date when the bankruptcy petition was filed or ... in future cases may have significant claims for both lost rental
income and for breach of other provisions of the lease. To limit their recovery for collateral damages only to a portion of their lost rent would leave landlords in a materially
worse ...
5 Oct, 2007 7:20 pm
A resident of Alberta with valid Alberta insurance injured in Saskatchewan is entitled to Saskatchewan total maximum benefits of $5,000,000.
Here is the case citation: Lloyd's Underwriters v. Ibrahim [2007] S.J. ... cover the system of no-fault automobile insurance in that jurisdiction. On the date that the Policy came into
effect and the date of the accident the limit on Saskatchewan's no-fault insurance benefits was $500,000. After the accident amendments were made which increased Saskatchewan's
...
25 May, 2008 3:44 pm
... to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the State of New York. The appeals court has many options available. They can throw out the case, in which event you get
nothing. They can determine that the ... send the case back to trial to be re-tried. They can reduce the award, and in some very limited cases,
increase the award because they feel the award is inadequate. So, getting back to the original question in the title of this article: "Is there a maximum amount you can recover for your ...
30 Apr, 2008 1:32 pm
... certain coverage options, thereby reducing the optional state reinsurance coverage, known as Temporary Increase in Coverage Limits (TICL). Under the Senate bill a
maximum of $9 billion in coverage would be offered in addition to the mandatory Cat Fund coverage. Additionally, the Senate bill proposes to
reduce the maximum reimbursement available under TICL from 90 percent to 70 percent of the insurer's losses within the optional coverage
layer purchased. ...
16 May 11:38 am
... a transfer to Small Claims Court be opposed? A significant concern may be that the costs incurred in a Superior Court action already exceed the maximum costs that are available in Small Claims Court, where costs awards will remain capped at 15% of a claim's value. In a $25,000 suit, for
example, costs awards will thus be limited to $3,750. There may be other tactical advantages to remaining in Superior Court - a party may wish
to to retain access to ...
27 Oct, 2006 10:32 am
... a broad approach to congressional power in evaluating how Congress acts when protecting copyrightable subject matter - what kinds of protections are available, not just what
is eligible for protection. What might happen with respect to the unpublished public domain, a field that's ... 't fallen into the public domain. Protection for unpublished works in the
PD would be different, extending past the maximum term of copyright. But all past restorations have involved published works, works that were
not ...
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