How to Use punitive damages in a Sentence

punitive damages

plural noun
  • The suit is seeking punitive damages under the Fourth and 14th Amendments.
    Jon Brown, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The complaint brought a claim for breach of contract, among others, and sought punitive damages.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The lawsuit seeks punitive damages against the city and monetary damages and relief for the teen.
    Lisa Rathke, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • If the jury decides Jones should pay punitive damages, the judge would determine the amount.
    Dave Collins, Hartford Courant, 7 Oct. 2022
  • And the jury did not find that punitive damages should be assessed against Beveridge.
    Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Bloomberg Law reports the jury ruled that Google owes Rowe for both punitive damages and pain and suffering.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2023
  • But Rhodes will not have to pay punitive damages to the family or attorney’s fees.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • There was an audible gasp in the courtroom when the jury foreperson read aloud the $75 million award in punitive damages for the women.
    Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, the parents of Jesse, 6, who died in the shooting, were awarded $45.2 million in punitive damages.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Judge Leonie Brinkema on Friday said the court would not hear her claims, which also sought $2 million in punitive damages.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Half would be for defamation and past and future damages to the plaintiff, and the remaining $5 million would be in punitive damages.
    Isabella Cueto and Angus Chen, STAT, 21 June 2024
  • But in the final phase of the two-week trial, the same Austin jury came back and tacked on an additional $45.2 million in punitive damages.
    Jim Vertuno, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • And to ask for punitive damages, even a non-public person must prove malice on the part of the publication, Lisby said.
    Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 10 July 2023
  • There was an audible gasp in the courtroom when the jury foreperson read the punitive damages for the women amounting to $148 million.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Dec. 2023
  • The women are asking for punitive damages of more than $2 million and a jury trial.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
  • As part of the civil suit, Dixon is seeking general and punitive damages and legal fees.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The producers still face a lesser claim of negligence, for which no punitive damages can be sought.
    Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
  • But there is no cap on punitive damages for violations of the Unfair Trade Practices Act.
    Dave Collins, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Last month, the last vestiges of the case were resolved — disgracefully — when Steyn was ordered to pay Mann $1 million in punitive damages.
    The Editors, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The suit seeks a jury trial, and compensatory and punitive damages.
    John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
  • She was ordered to pay compensatory and punitive damages to Depp, per CNN.
    Women's Health Editors, Women's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • One motion sought a new trial, while the other challenged the punitive damages imposed on the company in August.
    Nora Eckert, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Her lawsuit asks for her job back along with compensatory and punitive damages.
    Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2023
  • This summer, Jones was ordered to pay $45 million in punitive damages as part of a separate lawsuit brought by the parents of a Sandy Hook victim in Texas.
    Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The jurors also awarded them a total of $75 million in punitive damages.
    Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 21 May 2024
  • The jury proposed $900 million in punitive damages to deter this from happening again in the future.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 20 June 2024
  • The fans, all of whom reside in New Jersey, are seeking compensatory and punitive damages.
    Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Reedy’s filing says that a prayer for damages, including punitive damages, would be proved at trial.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • English’s lawsuit requests a jury trial and seeks an undisclosed amount of punitive damages.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN, 4 July 2024
  • The other $10 million demanded is listed as punitive damages.
    James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024

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