My question involves business law in the state of: Maryland or D.C.
Does one's mental incompetence reduce in any manner or way his liability for damages, either actual damages or punitive damages?
My question involves business law in the state of: Maryland or D.C.
Does one's mental incompetence reduce in any manner or way his liability for damages, either actual damages or punitive damages?
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You're either having a colossal run of bad luck or your questions are all hypothetical.
Isn't law school out for the summer?
You've not specified what you mean by "damages". Mentally incompetent people are generally held accountable for the harm the cause. That's the price for living in society as opposed to being institutionalized. It might mitigate the issue of punitive damages, but not necessarily.