Re: AKICIF: Kaiser vs. Blue Cross?

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:28:33 -0800, David Friedman
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> "Petre.Moss" <petemoss@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Their is invariably a higher power. Monetary damages are awarded to
>> plaintiffs - where the defendents knew what they were doing was wrong/
>> malicious - in contrast to defendants who were not penalized so,
>> because they were ignorant that what they did was in fact wrong.
>
>Are you confusing monetary damages with punitive damages? Under tort 
>law, there is no requirement that the defendant knew he was doing 
>anything wrong, nor that the act was deliberate. The plaintiff, if he 
>wins, is still entitled to sufficient damages to make him whole--make up 
>for the injury. It's only punitive damages--damages above that--which 
>may require intent.

I suspect we may be troll-feeding here.

						Dan, ad nauseam