Personal Injury & Torts
Oct. 24, 2014
Why we should let statutory damages run concurrently
The potential for statutory damages to reach astronomical amounts is a well-known problem. So what if we allowed the courts to run damages concurrently? By Bert I. Huang
Chuck E. Cheese's just can't catch a break. Remember when the restaurant chain was threatened with a nationwide class action a few years ago, for statutory damages totaling $1.9 billion? The company had violated federal law, it was alleged, by printing too much credit card information on customers' receipts - triggering an award between $100 and $1,000 for each of the millions of receipts at issue. A wave of similar cases, many filed ...
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