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aggravated damages
Case notes tagged “aggravated damages”.
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- Litigation & law practice
‘One day wrongfully in jail is one day too many’: $2.3 mil for 6 years locked away
Detective Thomas’ intense animosity towards Rosanne Beckett dated from 1983 when her Taree delicatessen erupted in flames.
- Litigation & law practice
Appeal court ups damages to mark disapproval of prisoner treatment
Prisoner John Coffey was rewarded just prior to Christmas, with the Court of Appeal upping the damages the State must pay him as a result of over-aggressive prison treatment more than 10 years earlier.
- Sexual abuse
Exemplary damages for sexual abuse and trespass: when can you get them?
Recent claims for trespass, battery relating to sexual abuse and wrongful imprisonment well illustrate the discretionary issues to be weighed in awards for exotic damages and demonstrate how the CLA and PIPA do not apply to suits…
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