punitive damages
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Yet punitive damages are extremely rare, constituting fewer than 3% of all customer claims that have ever resulted in any award at Finra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
She is seeking compensatory and punitive damages along with her attorneys’ fees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
A judge later added hundreds of millions of dollars in punitive damages, bringing that judgment to roughly $1.4 billion.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
Compensation for physical injury is excluded from gross income, but punitive damages and any interest earned are taxable.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
There shall be no annexations, no contributions, no punitive damages.
From England, Canada and the Great War by Louis-Georges Desjardins
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