To hold a defense thus pleaded to be valid would open the door to the grossest frauds upon the law, and practically enable the railroad company to avail itself of any consideration for a rebate which it considers sufficient, and to agree with the favored customer upon some fabricated claim for damages which it would be difficult, if not impossible, to disprove.
Plaintiffs alleged that Pete Solis sexually assaulted Julie Doe during this meeting and claimed that MySpace was liable for negligence, gross negligence, fraud, and negligent representation.
In that lawsuit, Depp claims that TMG engaged in gross mismanagement, fraud, self-dealing, and even lied to Depp to cause him to believe he was on solid financial footing when he wasn't.
The lawsuit accuses Texas Health Resources of committing, among other things, gross negligence, fraud and invasion of privacy.
Punitive damages are generally meted out in only the most extreme circumstances, usually in breaches of obligation with significant evidence of oppression, fraud, gross negligence, or malice.
Bennett said appointing a trustee was rare in bankruptcy cases because doing so requires a finding of gross mismanagement and fraud.
As is the case with the childhood vaccines fund, people harmed by bioterrorism vaccines could still sue vaccine makers, but only in cases of gross negligence or fraud.
Ex-president Ange-Felix Patassé's followers said they witnessed cases of gross "abuse and fraud" at polling stations around Bangui and its environs.
Additionally, he prosecuted several hundred businesses and professionals licensed by the State for unprofessional conduct, violations of criminal statutes, gross negligence, consumer fraud, white-collar crimes, and other misdeeds.
Where either of the elements of fraud, gross negligence, or oppression mingle in the controversy, the law, instead of adhering to the system or even the language of compensation, adopts a wholly different rule.
