Sentence examples for faith to settle from inspiring English sources

Judge Story ordered both sides on Jan . 25"to attempt in good faith to settle this case by participating in nonbinding, confidential mediation".

In this case, the original court found that State Farm, an insurer, had refused in bad faith to settle a claim when one of its policyholders, Curtis Campbell, killed somebody in a car accident.

But Mr. Fuoco said that lawyers for the state had notified him of the accounting on Friday, before releasing the information to reporters, and that they were acting "in good faith" to settle the case.

And starting Wednesday, he will hear evidence about whether Detroit is truly insolvent and cannot pay its bills, and whether its state-appointed emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, negotiated in good faith to settle an estimated $18 billion in debts before recommending to Mr. Snyder that the city file for bankruptcy.

Toleration would allow colonists of other faiths to settle freely and perhaps become a majority; consistent pacifism would leave the colony without military defenses against enemies who might have been provoked by the other settlers.

"If they were to take the life sentence off the table and say we're willing to offer something in between, that would be a good faith effort to settle the case".

In a news release, Irving H. Picard, the trustee for the Madoff victims, said that he was engaged in "good-faith negotiations" to settle the claims with Sterling and the other defendants.

(Again, it's possible that Juarez declined a good-faith effort to settle the case, but that's unlikely).

But the inquiry inspired a joke by Justice Antonin Scalia, who wondered whether people like Gómez might then be tempted, in future lawsuits, to "ask for the key to Fort Knox" or "ask for a unicorn" -- implying that no good-faith offer to settle a case will ever be acceptable to them, which in turn would force protracted class-action battles against hapless defendants. .

A jury found the insurance company had acted in bad faith in refusing to settle the accident case and awarded $2.6 million in compensatory damages later reduced to $1 million–and $145 million in punitive damages.

"Ukraine has made a gesture of good faith and is prepared to settle part of [its outstanding bills]." He added that while a compromise had been reached on winter pricing, a "major issue" remained unresolved.