In contrast to Georgia, the New York State law, which takes effect in April, does not specifically allow for punitive damages.
A violation of the PDA falls under the EEOC and allows for compensatory and punitive damages.
The plan also allows for a United Nations resolution authorizing punitive action, such as sanctions, if Assad does not comply.
The justices determined punitive damages are indeed allowed under the federal law, but they were split as to whether the maritime law allows for excessive damages claims.
Some systems of tort law allow for the award of 'punitive damages': these are intended to burden the defendant, and are typically awarded in cases in which the defndant was egregiously at fault, or acted maliciously.
We as a society are in part to blame, then, for creating the condition in which the epidemic could take hold – just as we are now responsible for allowing punitive laws that specifically target HIV to continue letting it flourish.
Mr. Bush does not want to allow any punitive damages.
But Judge Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, who wrote the opinion, said that while the city's statute did allow employers to be sued for punitive damages, it did not apply when the employer was the municipality.
Western governments fear that such a two-step agreement – although implied by the ambiguous wording of the Geneva deal – would allow Moscow to veto international backing for punitive strikes even if Syria drags its feet.
It goes a step beyond traditional anti-prostitution laws by allowing victims to file civil suits for punitive damages against suspected sex traffickers, those who pay for prostitutes, strip club proprietors and Web site publishers who knowingly benefit from the sex trade -- even if no criminal charges have been filed against them.
