Damages Quotations

A huge dollar bill is the most accurate way to teach children the real motto of the United States: In the Almighty Dollar We Trust... Until the average American realizes that capitalism damages her livelihood while augmenting the livelihoods of the wealthy, the Almighty Dollar will continue to rule. It certainly is not ruling in our favor.

I think everyone's a little afraid of being part of a trend, because you get compared to each other. Writers tend to have a lot of camaraderie, and when you're constantly compared to someone else, it kind of damages that camaraderie, but I think this is a great trend. I'm honored to be a part of it in many ways.

In Britain, libel damages are small and people build them into the cost of doing business. In America, libel is very rare and much harder to prove, but the damages are enormous.

We all remember the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the worst oil spill in U.S. history. What is less well known is that BP is claiming a 9.9 billion tax deduction on the money they had to spend cleaning up their own mess and paying for damages they caused. That is absurd.

I'm so happy that we're finally hearing the stories and voices of women who make America. We do what we see, not what we're told, so an incomplete story of this country damages everyone.

Every time we've cut the capital gains tax, the economy has grown. Whenever we raise the capital gains tax, it's been damaged. It's one of those taxes that most clearly damages economic growth and jobs.

We've also got to weigh the costs and time involved in continued legal activity and potential for damages if we're not upheld through the levels.

We regard Microsoft's loss to be a foregone conclusion, which subjects it to damages that will likely be undetermined for a period of months. We also believe the issuing of the conclusions of law opens Microsoft to a flood of civil lawsuits seeking monetary damages.

would be surprised if we couldn't prove damages north of $1 billion.

We want the people resettled and the damages paid for lives lost and lives injured.

We want the damages order to reflect the value of the music that was distributed. We don't yet have a figure, but we expect it to be in the order of several billion dollars.

We determined that this is a grave misconduct that damages the foundation of science.

We're seeking damages for the wrongful exclusion of the benefits plan; we're seeking an injunction that requires them to start classifying people properly and allowing employees to participate in the employee stock-purchase plans. In our view, they can't continue to operate the way they're operating.

Let's say somebody lost an arm or died as a result of mistreatment in the system, as the result of a medical decision made by an HMO. You want the person to be able to go to court to be able to get damages for that mistreatment,

Second, we need to set some reasonable and fair limits on damages in product liability cases.

So if this case, and even many cases like this that are either in court or would potentially be filed in the next several quarters, actually do succeed and Microsoft ends up paying a few billion in damages ... it will have a minimal impact on the company's bottom line.

Military bases were damaged that need to be repaired. Those levees (in New Orleans) need to be repaired, so the Army Corps of Engineers is going to need money, ... There's highway money that's going to be needed for all the interstates that have been damaged. There are damages to the wildlife refuges down there.

Money damages can get the job done. Beyond that, nothing further needs to be done. Money damages are a completely acceptable solution in this case.

One thing moved us all, the damages and the peoples' suffering concerns all the countries affected. So we will continue working from tomorrow to make unified Europe a place of solidarity.

I do not send their Lordships the particulars of our losses and damages by this, as it would take me much time; and I am willing none should be lost in letting them know an event of such consequence.

Because of the basic integration and the complementarities between the Chinese and the Japanese economies, both sides understand that any damages to the bilateral relationship will hurt both sides equally badly.

If, in the name of liberty, we allow individuals to act in a way that damages the wellbeing of the whole, it will inevitably mean the breakdown of mutuality, thereby changing the very nature of our society.

Given that it's going to reach such an extended area and that it will be an unusually wet storm, damages are going to be a lot worse than $1 billion. So many homes, apartment buildings and shopping centers have been built in this part of the country that haven't been tested by a big storm. Now we're going to see just how good this construction has been.

If any family has suffered losses or damages as a result of Hurricane Katrina and has not registered for assistance yet, I urge them to call and register before the March 11 deadline and learn what types of assistance they may be eligible for.

Given the value of the music ripped off was several billion dollars, the damages claim will be substantial,

If that extreme wind sustains itself for as much as six seconds on a building it's going to cause rupturing damages that are serious no matter how well it's engineered. So I think that it's immaterial what will happen with winds stronger than 156 miles per hour. That's the reason why we didn't try to go any higher than that,

If the arbitrator rules our way, we're looking at damages that were occurred. Things we would be looking at is the final year of his contract.

We're on the edge of our seats here, ... We are waiting for local crews on the scene to assess damages before we take any action.

I wrote to the company asking for an apology and claiming damages under Regulation 30 of the privacy regulations.

It becomes toxic when it strips a person of hope, damages their self-esteem or detrimentally affects their self-confidence,

I think it's been demonstrated by the recent travesty we've had and the horrible results of the tremendous damages that are going on right now, so I'm really re-evaluating our approach, because the thing has gotten so bad. There's no apparent desire to change. We're going to have to go to war.

I think it was mostly the freshmen students that caused damages to the hotel and there were noise complaints. And alcohol was involved.

Just Friday alone, we've had more than 50 claims filed in excess of $1 million in damages and we expect more to reach $5 million.

Rising repair costs have increased the likelihood that damages exceed the vehicle's market value, causing an insurance carrier to total the vehicle rather than repair it. However, claims settlement satisfaction is considerably lower among customers who have had their vehicles totaled, often because they owe more on their vehicle loan than the settlement amount.

RESPOND, v.i. To make answer, or disclose otherwise a consciousness of having inspired an interest in what Herbert Spencer calls ""external coexistences,"" as Satan ""squat like a toad"" at the ear of Eve, responded to the touch of the angel's spear. To respond in damages is to contribute to the maintenance of the plaintiff's attorney and, incidentally, to the gratification of the plaintiff.

It damages our image in the entire world and we should no longer allow this,

It dodged a bullet by avoiding punitive damages in this case. But if it is forced to clean up lead paint, the company's exposure could be huge.

We've told them we're going to seek legal damages for sure. They knew that and we wanted to make it very clear as to the risks of where they're going with this and we had long, long talks with their legal counsel,

We need somebody to accept responsibility for the damages here. We moved into this house, 14 hours later, we found an oil spill that could cost $100,000 to $300,000 to clean up.

The $4.5 billion punitive damages ordered by Judge H. Russell Holland is not a debt that is owed. Rather, they represent a windfall well in excess of the amount the jury found necessary to compensate the plaintiffs for their losses.

The appeal court did, it is true, reduce the amount of damages awarded by the lower court but it is still exorbitant and more than five times the maximum damages mentioned in the press code for defamation cases.

We jumped ahead of the liability part to see if we could get agreement on damages but we couldn't. We tried. Everyone tried and everyone felt we'd like to do something but we couldn't.

We'll be seeking damages in the range of tens of millions of dollars.

We can't be put in a position where we owe some kind of blue sky (undefined) damages related to the change of the area. Not to say we're not sympathetic. If we are going to have oil and gas development, it has to happen where the gas is.

We believe the settlement was fair in that it provides Ms. Mack and her two sons with compensatory damages for the violation of their civil rights in that the police executed an erroneous no-knock search warrant.

We will seek compensatory damages at any cost.

We have compensated in actual damages. This is about punitive damages. We don't believe punitive damages are warranted.

We need to assess now what these different flood stage damages would be. And I think that's something the planners need to look forward to in the future.

We know of small companies that are out of business due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita because they lost data, assets and access to their offices. We intend to be fully operational for our clients if we experience power outages or office damages here or when the safety of our employees limits their ability to make it to our Houston facilities.

We did not write any punishment or punitive damages into the policy. Hopefully, we won't have to do that.

We are going to try to seek monetary damages and try to get to the bottom of the unlawful leaks that we think have unfairly distorted Dr. Lee's situation.

We send out an inspector, the inspector evaluates the damages and, according to the damages, we would determine what was necessary.

We are going into the damages phase and we feel very confident.

When there's a disaster, insurance companies practice a form of triage and go to the worst damages first.

We offered to drop the case and not seek one penny of damages against her if she would join with us in our action. As of today, she has refused.

Those who sustained losses or damages from either hurricane should not assume that they are ineligible for assistance and should call and register to learn what type of assistance they might be eligible to receive.

This will allow us to recoup a more reasonable charge for damages. They haven't set numbers, but it would be something more appropriate for the value of the land. Damages will include not only the land, but also the fact that Tyler Water Utilities will have to monitor the wells as long as they are in production.

We're particularly concerned with the lack of disclosure in the '50s, '60s and '70s around the potential damages of this product.

We believe that all of the damages related to this tragic accident have been paid.

The program is designed to cover you damages or buy your house at your pre-storm equity. It's capped at $150,000... net of other insurance proceeds or other FEMA aid.

The practical effect is for us to sit down with the state and try to resolve the exact amount of damages for everybody.

The power organisation of Israel gives what they can to fight me, to cause me some harm, damages in health, mind, and they succeed little bit, but I survived and I am now free, but it was very hard - a very difficult time - and I wish no one would suffer what I suffered, and then when I speak to you and try to be human being like everyone.

We are evaluating the feasibility of allowing residents to return to their respective cities to survey damages and secure their property. Residents are asked to maintain their current living arrangements and are advised to leave once their property is secured.

We seek to recover damages, damages that the city and its taxpayers have suffered from the gun industry's sale of guns that are not safe.

We've been looking at the numbers and wondering just how long we can sustain the kind of insured damages we've been getting. If insurance is not affordable, it's really not available.

We will ask the court when it comes to damages to reflect the value of the music these people ripped off.

We are two months on from the IRA statement and 64 months on from the deadline for completing (weapons) decommissioning in the agreement. The scrapping of IRA weapons is long overdue. It needs to happen now without further delay. The longer the IRA strings this out, the more it damages the Good Friday agreement.

We see another big flood coming, after having all this development on the flood plain. And the damages are just going to get greater and greater.

We should be careful and discriminating in all the advice we give. We should be especially careful in giving advice that we would not think of following ourselves. Most of all, we ought to avoid giving counsel which we don't follow when it damages those who take us at our word.

We're disappointed that he took away punitive damages but we're not surprised. This case has always been about abating the problem, to rid the state of this nuisance once and for all, and that's what the jury awarded." ()

Brazil is ordering mills back to work early to crush cane to meet demand for ethanol. Harvesting cane early damages the yield, even without bad weather. Anything that happens to the Brazilian crop would be explosive.

Every time IBM sells a product that uses our technology, it damages us. That will come out at the trial,

Sadly, there is a small group of parents who do not respect education and they come not just from deprived circumstances but from among the better-off as well. This attitude seriously damages children's future prospects and leaves them vulnerable to the temptations and dangers of the streets.

SBA's disaster declaration was issued as a result of a similar action taken by the Secretary of Agriculture to help farmers recover from damages and losses of crops caused by drought that occurred Feb. 1, 2005, and continuing.

Rather than seeking personal injury damages for the consequences of obesity, there will be lawsuits based on state consumer protection laws. There's a lot of deception in the marketplace and a lot of it is relevant to the obesity epidemic. But here we don't have to prove anyone got fat.

The old way of doing 'good business' was based on the principle, 'the ends justifies the means.' In the future, good business will invoke 'the means justifying the ends.' The E P&L can already serve as an important tool to help this shift in commerce from generating profits with collateral damages to profits with collateral benefits.

Determining whether this would be a death blow depends on the damages and the number of fraudulent goods sold on eBay. The outcome could also spark both legitimate and fraudulent insurance offerings to protect consumers.

A primary goal of those who would disrupt the supply chain is to damage the U.S. economy by any means. If commerce is disrupted in a way that damages the ability of Americans to hold well-paying jobs, provide for their families and generate economic growth that helps the entire world, either through an attack or ill-conceived regulation of our international system, then terrorists will have achieved one of their key goals.

Any regulations adopted since December 31, 1995 that damages or harms the value of your property by restricting how the property can be use would be subject to our initiative. Farmers are being driven off land by government regulations.

As governor, Bush took a stand to limit liabilities imposed in lawsuits against gun manufacturers, HMO's and other businesses. Because tobacco is also a legal product, we believe Bush would support similar limits on cash damages awarded to plaintiffs in lawsuits filed against tobacco companies.

As a result of this declaration, low-interest loans are available to homeowners, renters, and businesses that sustained damages from severe storms and tornadoes.

Anyone who publishes, sells or otherwise exploits any of these images in any way will be subject to liability and damages for willful infringement of copyright, and will be liable for invasion of privacy.

This case does provide a guideline when it comes to successfully claiming damages from spammers. It also shows that wherever they are they can be held responsible for sending spam to anyone living in a British Isles jurisdiction.

They're taking a battering. We don't know what the damages are yet, but they're considerable.

There was nothing in there that fit into the definition of damages that in our estimation would be covered under our policy.

There will be no incentive for the second milestone, but failure to meet the deadline will result in a $50,000 per day liquidated damages assessment.

Damages were warranted in this action against Werner as the owner of the vehicle ... for reckless and wanton acts and as a deterrent to those committing the same or similar actions which endanger the general safety of our citizens.

The news about Ratko Mladic is not correct. It is a manipulation which damages the government and does not contribute to its efforts to fully complete its cooperation with The Hague (war crimes tribunal.

It will be close, ... Bertha was primary an agricultural damage storm. We won't really know the damages until we can get out in those rural areas.

It will take much more than one visit by Madeleine Albright to deal with the damages inflicted on the peace process by the government of Mr. Netanyahu.

It will speed this farce up a bit. SCO was saying that because of the patent counterclaims, they needed discovery, more depositions. SCO has no money to pay damages or royalties due to dropping sales figures, so it doesn't matter to IBM to drop them.

They wanted a global settlement. The damages are very difficult to quantify. The public interest is vindicated not only by the money received but also the by the result of the criminal case.

On behalf of Martin County Coal, we're extremely pleased to have been able to settle the case for the actual damages these people suffered.

It's not about one form of recreation being better than another. It's about an activity that occurs on public land that damages the environment and causes conflicts between users.

I'm going to get more damages in the Guerra case than they did in the Ernst case. I want Merck to see that Ernst was a conservative verdict. I'm going to spank them hard.

In the U.S. alone, weather disasters caused $50 billion in economic damages in 2010.

In the world of insurance, $20 million in punitive damages is considered a very substantial jury award.

I really don't think the amount of damages is being factored in. We really don't have a handle on where things are right now.

Investors expect a headline-grabbing punitive damages award next month or so and this has affected our share price,

If you take all these companies, we're estimating damages of over $100,000.