In such cases, yet again, the onus is on the passenger to seek compensation for costs incurred by a delay from their travel insurer.
In addition to shareholder class actions, the class action vehicle has been used by groups of employees to redress discrimination by companies and, in the medical area, to seek compensation for defective medical and pharmaceutical products which cause widespread harm.
When Limbert and his fellow hostages were finally freed on January 20, 1981, they learned the U.S. government gave up something big in return: As part of the Algiers Accords agreed to a day earlier, the hostages were barred from suing Iran in U.S. court to seek compensation for their ordeal.
Allowing a disappointed vaccine claimant who lost in Vaccine Court to then seek compensation for design defects via civil tort litigation would exacerbate, not ameliorate, the costly burden of litigation that initially prompted Congress to pass the Vaccine Act, WLF argued.
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Thanks to government insurance and health benefits, there has not been much need for injured Europeans to seek compensation from companies.
If criminal proceedings stop, it could make it nearly impossible for victims to seek compensation in civil suits, the senators said.
With the police review concluded, civil claims are likely to be brought as some victims seek compensation for the abuse they suffered at Savile's hands.
Ms. Birnbaum said it is still hard to tell how many people will seek compensation for cancers they believe they developed as a result of working at or around Ground Zero and how costly those illnesses will be.
Specifically, Executive Order 13554 recognized the importance of carefully coordinating the work of the Task Force with the Trustee Council, whose members have statutory responsibility to assess natural resources damages from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, to restore trust resources, and seek compensation for lost use of those trust resources.
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The case now returns to a lower court where Mr Hart will seek compensation for use of his likeness.
Business would prefer no union recognition rule at all, although it accepts Labour's idea that workers dismissed for striking legally should be allowed to seek compensation.
The Swatch Group said Monday that it will end its partnership with Tiffany to make branded watches for the luxury jeweler and will seek compensation for the loss of business.
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"We have built this team as a club over the past eight or nine months and we will seek as part of the compensation clause that no players will be able to leave for Norwich in the next season, " he said.
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