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Re: Zayo Extortion
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 09:01:57 -0400
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 01:11:09 +0200, Jonathan Hall said:
And either way, defamation requires some form of punitive damage be proven in order to act ually win that case.
In addition to the other things already pointed out, punitive damage doesn't need to be proven. *Actual* damages have to be proven. Punitive damages are damages added as punishment, to make sure the responsible party learned their lesson. So fir instance, if a corporation's negligence results in a worker's death, his family may be awarded $5M in actual damages for the loss of their loved one - and then another $20 million in punitive damages, to make the corporation (and possibly the industry segment as a whole) take notice that sort of negligent behavior will not be tolerated....
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