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minus-squareSwordgeek@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 个月前Punitive damages can be awarded for bad-faith bargaining, which definitely seems to be the case here. It’s a stretch perhaps, but that’s what I think would be reasonable.
minus-squareMJKee9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 个月前Typically, conduct would have to rise to the level of fraud to justify punitives in a contract based dispute. That’s a very high hurdle in most jurisdictions. Also, at that point the conduct complained of would likely be based in tort, not contract.
Punitive damages can be awarded for bad-faith bargaining, which definitely seems to be the case here.
It’s a stretch perhaps, but that’s what I think would be reasonable.
Typically, conduct would have to rise to the level of fraud to justify punitives in a contract based dispute. That’s a very high hurdle in most jurisdictions. Also, at that point the conduct complained of would likely be based in tort, not contract.