Michael B. Rainey
Contributor
Contributor to SAGE Publications's Encyclopedia of Business and Society (2007) whose work for that encyclopedia formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.
Primary Contributions (1)
Punitive damages, legal damages a judge or a jury may grant a plaintiff to punish and make an example of the defendant. Punitive damages are generally meted out in only the most extreme circumstances, usually in breaches of obligation with significant evidence of oppression, fraud, gross…
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