NOUN
- (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
How To Use punitive damages In A Sentence
- Most church insurance policies exclude punitive damages. Christianity Today
- The city now seeks to amend the claim to plead fraudulent misrepresentation and deceit and to seek punitive damages.
- As Baker repeatedly told jurors, the intent of punitive damages is to punish, not destroy.
- Both victims' estates have filed claims for punitive damages, which are designed to punish the killer and deter future slayings.
- The plaintiff in the court case was awarded punitive damages.
- The recommendation of a national standard for punitive damages would block states from preventing such awards.
- This means that a jury award of punitive damages represents an uninsured risk. Christianity Today
- Can punitive damages be assessed against a principal for the intentional or reckless acts of an agent? Christianity Today
- The court can still award punitive damages. The Sun
- The $1.1 billion deal announced yesterday includes claims for punitive damages brought by fishermen. Times, Sunday Times
