JURIST
APRIL 26, 2024
The Senate’s amendment added that in a civil action based on violating the bill, “[The] plaintiff may recover from the person: (A) Compensatory damages; (B) Punitive damages; and (C) Reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs, and expenses.”
At the Lectern
APRIL 29, 2021
Division Six concluded an erroneous felony-murder instruction was harmless. The appellate court concluded the Rule doesn’t limit attorney fees, disagreeing with Lafferty v. .” Offley (2020) 48 Cal.App.5th 5th 588), in which no petition for review was filed. The court denied review in Plascencia v.
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 23, 2021
b) Involuntary—in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony; or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection. They could also seek punitive damages in such a case. Compensatory damages cover both economic and non-economic damages.
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