Punitive Damages Definition

noun
Damages, in addition to compensatory damages, required to be paid by a defendant as punishment for particularly egregious conduct and as a deterrent to others.
American Heritage

Exemplary damages.

Webster's New World
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Punitive Damages Sentence Examples

  • Business take stock for punitive damages of your business.

  • For the best a steamroller quot want punitive damages the other.

  • It seems that during the relationship Caruso promised to always "take care" of Marquez, but a lawsuit seeking over $1 million for breach of contract and punitive damages years after the relationship has ended?

  • Judgments in these cases allow for back pay, as well as additional damages that include, but are not limited to, pain, suffering, inconvenience, mental anguish and punitive damages.

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