U.S. Supreme Court agrees to decide whether compensatory damages are available for emotional distress

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Marc Charmatz
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Compensatory Damages

The Power of the Executive Branch of the United States Government to Violate Customary International Law

1986 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 913-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan I. Charney
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
International Law ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
The United States ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Customary International Law ◽  
Fishing Vessels ◽  
Compensatory Damages

In its decision in The Paquete Habana, the United States Supreme Court wrote that customary international law is part of the law of the United States to be administered by the courts, “where there is no treaty and no controlling executive or legislative act or judicial decision.” The U.S. capture of the foreign fishing vessels in question was determined to have violated customary international law protecting enemy fishing vessels in time of war, and the Supreme Court ordered that compensatory damages were due. The remedy was ordered, notwithstanding the fact that the capture was undertaken to enforce a presidential proclamation establishing a naval blockade of Cuba. The arguments of the Solicitor General and the Assistant Attorney General supporting the capture went unheeded.

scholarly journals English-6 The Concept of Tortuous Liability under Islamic Law: An Inquiry into Question of Compensatory Damages

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-80
Author(s):  
Hafiz Ghulam Abbas ◽  
Muhammad Sajjad
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
The People ◽  
Fair Compensation ◽  
Compensatory Damages

Islam also provides the concept of tort which deals with civil rights of the people. It has not been codified yet, which leads judges to rely on interpretations and precedents in non-monetary damages cases such as mental torture, emotional distress, defamation and alike. Judges face more difficulties in assessing non-monetary damages and award of fair compensation. This paper discusses the issue of compensatory damages for non-monetary harms as allowed under Islamic law. The objective of this paper is to look for solutions by examining the principles of Islamic law regarding compensation for non-monetary damages and to fill in gaps in policy and law perspectives. It suggests a clearly written statute on non-monetary damages, by incorporating Islamic law principles, which cover all kinds of damages and can be used as guidelines for judges. To complete this study, a doctrinal, analytical and qualitative method of research has been followed.

Interest as damages and interest on damages

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Burrows
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Breach Of Contract ◽  
House Of Lords ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Common ◽  
English Law ◽  
The Law ◽  
Compensatory Damages ◽  
Compound Interest

The law on interest in English law is a tangled web. This is principally because the common law traditionally set itself against awards of interest and this has resulted in the piecemeal intervention of statutes which allow the award of interest in specific situations. In the leading modern case of Sempra Metals Ltd v IRC the House of Lords reformed the common law as regards awards of interest as compensatory damages for a tort or breach of contract (although the part of the decision that was concerned with interest as restitution of an unjust enrichment, which was the direct claim in question, was overruled by the Supreme Court in Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v HMRC). Sempra Metals was concerned with an award of compound interest (as damages or as restitution) which contrasts with the relevant statutes which allow awards of simple interest only.

Malpractice & Negligence: State Supreme Courts Limit Therapists’ Duties to Third Parties

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-205
Author(s):  
Megan Cleary
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
New Hampshire ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
State Supreme Courts ◽  
Recovered Memories ◽  
Supreme Courts ◽  
Repressed Memory ◽  
University Of Colorado

In recent years, the law in the area of recovered memories in child sexual abuse cases has developed rapidly. See J.K. Murray, “Repression, Memory & Suggestibility: A Call for Limitations on the Admissibility of Repressed Memory Testimony in Abuse Trials,” University of Colorado Law Review, 66 (1995): 477-522, at 479. Three cases have defined the scope of liability to third parties. The cases, decided within six months of each other, all involved lawsuits by third parties against therapists, based on treatment in which the patients recovered memories of sexual abuse. The New Hampshire Supreme Court, in Hungerford v. Jones, 722 A.2d 478 (N.H. 1998), allowed such a claim to survive, while the supreme courts in Iowa, in J.A.H. v. Wadle & Associates, 589 N.W.2d 256 (Iowa 1999), and California, in Eear v. Sills, 82 Cal. Rptr. 281 (1991), rejected lawsuits brought by nonpatients for professional liability.

Malpractice & Negligence: Cal. Supreme Court Clarifies Negligence Provisions under State’s Elder Abuse Act

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-203
Author(s):  
Kendra Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Skilled Nursing Facility ◽  
Pressure Sores ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Nursing Facility ◽  
Skilled Nursing ◽  
The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of California held, in Delaney v. Baker, 82 Cal. Rptr. 2d 610 (1999), that the heightened remedies available under the Elder Abuse Act (Act), Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code, §§ 15657,15657.2 (West 1998), apply to health care providers who engage in reckless neglect of an elder adult. The court interpreted two sections of the Act: (1) section 15657, which provides for enhanced remedies for reckless neglect; and (2) section 15657.2, which limits recovery for actions based on “professional negligence.” The court held that reckless neglect is distinct from professional negligence and therefore the restrictions on remedies against health care providers for professional negligence are inapplicable.Kay Delaney sued Meadowood, a skilled nursing facility (SNF), after a resident, her mother, died. Evidence at trial indicated that Rose Wallien, the decedent, was left lying in her own urine and feces for extended periods of time and had stage I11 and IV pressure sores on her ankles, feet, and buttocks at the time of her death.

Antitrust: U.S. Supreme Court Affirms FTC Jurisdiction but Vacates Scope of Analysis on CDA Policy

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-198
Author(s):  
Joseph R. Zakhary
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Federal Trade Commission ◽  
Ninth Circuit ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Rule Of Reason ◽  
Antitrust Analysis ◽  
Business Financing ◽  
The U.S

In California Dental Association v. FTC, 119 S. Ct. 1604 (1999), the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit that a nonprofit affiliation of dentists violated section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTCA), 15 U.S.C.A. § 45 (1998), which prohibits unfair competition. The Court examined two issues: (1) the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) jurisdiction over the California Dental Association (CDA); and (2) the proper scope of antitrust analysis. The Court unanimously held that CDA was subject to FTC's jurisdiction, but split 5-4 in its finding that the district court's use of abbreviated rule-of-reason analysis was inappropriate.CDA is a voluntary, nonprofit association of local dental societies. It boasts approximately 19,000 members, who constitute roughly threequarters of the dentists practicing in California. Although a nonprofit, CDA includes for-profit subsidiaries that financially benefit CDA members. CDA gives its members access to insurance and business financing, and lobbies and litigates on their behalf. Members also benefit from CDA marketing and public relations campaigns.

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