Conflict of Laws

MARCH 23, 2024

Rademacher took a closer look at the BGH’s landmark decision from 1992, which deemed the concept of punitive damages intolerable in Germany mainly because its function to punish and deter doesn’t fall in the scope of German private law’s concept of strict compensation; punishment and deterrence are entirely reserved for criminal law.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

compensatory damages and $300,000.00 punitive damages. The site was sued by Sarah Jones, an ex-Bengals cheerleader and a former high school teacher in northern Kentucky, who was libeled on the site by commentators. The jury hung in the first trial of this case, which necessitated a second trial.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 23, 2021

They could also seek punitive damages in such a case. Compensatory damages cover both economic and non-economic damages. While rare, New Mexico does not limit punitive damages, which can be sought for torts that are malicious, willful, reckless, wanton, or fraudulent.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The case involved the practice of the company to repair and repaint cars damaged in transit without telling the customers. Even though the Alabama Supreme Court previously reduced the punitive award by half, the U.S.

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