Definition of PROTEST: 1. A formal declaration made by a person interested or concerned in some act about to be done, or already performed, and in relation thereto, whereby he ex The Law Dictionary Featuring Black's Law Dictionary Free Online Legal Dictionary 2nd Ed.
The standard for punitive damages in Idaho is a defendant (a) acting in a manner that was an extreme deviation from reasonable standards of conduct, and (b) acting with a state of mind exhibiting malice, oppression, fraud, gross negligence, wantonness, etc..n a recent case out of the United States District Court of Idaho, a policyholder was allowed to amend its bad faith lawsuit to also assert a punitive damages claim against the insurer. Empire Lumber Co. v. Indiana Lumbermans Mut. Ins. Co. , 2012 WL 4470876 (D.Idaho September 27, 2012).
Justice Potter Stewart 's opinion for the Robinson Court held that infliction of cruel and unusual punishment [is] in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.. The framers of the Fourteenth Amendment, such as John Bingham, had discussed this subject:he U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that this amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause also applies to the states. The phrases in this amendment originated in the English Bill of Rights of 1689.