The Equifax breach is one of the largest of all time; the legal battle proving various points of neglect, damage, breach of contract and so on may take a year or more to settle.
See table 3. Other offences include: criminal damage, breach of peace, severely disorderly behaviour, kidnapping, possessing weapons or imitation firearms with intent, driving without licence and taking conveyance.
Over emphasis on the biggest web companies, damaging breaches of privacy, regulatory over-reach and regular scare stories have all had an impact, argues Charles Leadbeater, a former policy adviser to the Labour government who has been influential in government attitudes towards the internet for more than a decade.
One must keep in mind that we are talking about the common law tort of trespass, not damage from breach of contract or copyright infringement.
Justice Embry's complaint against Blue Cross sought "compensatory damage for breach of contract, inconvenience, emotional and mental distress, disappointment, pain and suffering" in addition to punitive damages for himself and for the class.
According to Kimberly Rogers, a research associate at the University of Colorado, Boulder, they're now far more vulnerable to storm surges that can damage or breach the walls around the polders, effectively creating lakes that can last for years.
The statute may be different, however, for cases involving property damage or breach of contract.[9].
On Monday, Ghomeshi filed a lawsuit in Toronto's superior court of justice against CBC, claiming C$25m£14m4m) in damages for breach of confidence, C$25m in damages for defamation, and C$5m in punitive damages.
Gershwin's heirs are seeking at least $5 million in damages for breach of contract, at least $5 million in compensatory damages and another $5 million in punitive damages for breach of fiduciary duty.
The suit, filed in Federal District Court in Central Islip, seeks $150 million in damages for breach of contract and $30 million in punitive damages for civil rights violations.
Valentine may not recover mental distress damages for breach of the employment contract, although such damages may have been foreseeable and she might not be "made whole" absent an award of mental distress damages.
