Civil Remedies

This is FindLaw’s collection of Civil Remedies articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. A civil remedy refers to the remedy that a party has to pay to the victim of a wrong he commits. A civil remedy is generally separate form a criminal remedy, although in certain situations the civil and criminal remedy may be related. Civil remedies require the cooperation of the victim and are voluntary. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Civil Remedies Articles

Indemnity and Additional Insureds

Two recent cases are of interest in interpreting indemnity agreements and additional insured endorsements. First, in National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh v. Nationwide Ins. Co., 69 Cal.App.4th 709 (1999), the court found that a general ...
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Insurability of Punitive Damages: Who Really Gets Punished

To justify insurance coverage of punitive damages, there must be an independent compensatory purpose for punitive damages to find any social worth in allowing those damages to be insured. But, any rationale previously cited for allowing punitive ...
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Insurance Bad Faith Opinion

The Mississippi Supreme Court published an opinion regarding insurance bad faith litigation that could have a severe impact on the insurance industry in State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Earl Grimes, No. 95-CA-00918 SCT (decided ...
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IRS Issues Notice on New Safe Harbor Methods for 401(k) Plans

The IRS recently issued Notice 98-52 which provides much awaited guidance on the design-based alternative or "safe harbor" methods for 401(k) testing added to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") by the Small Business Job Protection Act of ...
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Issue Three (Spring ’99)

Dear Clients and Friends, The warm weather is here, and for me that translates to one word: The season is approaching...and, sore muscles aside, I am once again in training. Believe it or not, attorneys are people too, with passions and pastimes ...
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IT Witnesses – An Essential Part of the e-Discovery Battle

As the responsibilities for preservation and production of electronic records become clearer, parties and counsel should take a proactive approach to preparing for battles that may develop. As in warfare, the proactive approach is one in which the ...
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Judges, Not Juries, Are the Employer’s Best Friends: Employment Law Alert? Issue 6

We read a great deal about runaway juries and massive jury awards against employers in discrimination cases. The explosive growth of employment practices liability insurance is based in large part on these employer financial concerns. But, what are ...
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Justice Did Prevail in McDonald’s Coffee Case

Possibly the most misrepresented case in the entire tort reform debate involves the compensatory and punitive damage award in 1994 to Stella Liebeck of Albuquerque, New Mexico, who spilled scalding McDonald's coffee on her lap in 1992. The majority ...
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Keeping The Lid On Legal Costs

In a recent survey of law department costs for a cross-section of Canadian corporations, 100 per cent of the general counsel reported a concern with rising legal costs.Most are happy with the talent offered by their preferred law firms, but all have ...
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Know When to Refinance

As mortgage interest rates declined during the first half of 1998, the number of homeowners looking to refinance their existing mortgages went up. It's conceivable that some homeowners who have refinanced a mortgage within the last five years may ...
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