Sentence examples for imposing damages from inspiring English sources

To address the issue of excessive awards, Mr. Boutrous contended, Congress should consider limiting each state's court system to imposing damages based on a defendant's conduct only in that state.

This startling doctrine—that a plaintiff may name as defendant only an agent, but nonetheless succeed in imposing damages on the principal who was not named—would seem to be at odds with the most rudimentary notions of pleading, parties, and of due process.

For example, there are numerous examples of U.S. juries imposing damages on companies even when those companies place warning labels on products and go so far as to mechanically inhibit misuse (and the user disables the safety device)!

Imposing damages can also help deter similar misconduct.

He said that under copyright law a judge can impose damages as high as $150,000 for each infringement.

Ground vibration caused by blasting imposes damages and financial penalties and as such must be predicted accurately.

He could make the lawyers pay back what they took beyond their contingency fees, have them turn over the fees themselves and impose damages on top of both.

Under these circumstances, we conclude it is appropriate to decline to impose damages upon SSB (or to require it to provide restitution) on the basis of such past conduct.

The former N.F.L. players union asked a federal judge in Minneapolis on Thursday to impose damages against the league for the way it negotiated to be paid $4 billion in TV revenue during a lockout.

It also threw out Apple's call to fine the activists €150,000 (£131,000) and impose damages if they protested again.

When strain values are measured at critical locations of structures, they can be directly related to the intensity of imposed damages.