{"id":7780,"date":"2017-11-11T05:13:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T05:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7780"},"modified":"2017-12-16T22:01:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T22:01:57","slug":"7780-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7780","title":{"rendered":"Compensatory aka Actual Damages – the total damages recoverable in satisfaction of, or in recompense for, loss or injury sustained, including all damages, except nominal damages, punitive, or exemplary damages"},"content":{"rendered":"

compensatory damages<\/span>:
\n<\/strong>\u00a0(1817)<\/p>\n

l. Damages sufficient in amount to indemnify<\/a> the injured<\/a> person for the loss suffered.<\/strong> – Often shortened to compensatories<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> See actual damages<\/em><\/strong><\/span>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The damages recoverable in satisfaction of, or in recompense for, loss or injury sustained, including all damages, except nominal damages, punitive, or exemplary damages.\u00a0 22 Am J2d Damg \u00a7 11<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Damages awarded not only as a recompense for actual injury to the person or property, including expenses, loss of time, bodily suffering, etc., occasioned by the defendant’s wrongful act, but also such additional sum as in the opinion of the jury is warranted by the circumstances of contumely, anguish or oppression, including mental suffering and wounded sensibilities.\u00a0 Murphy v Hobbs<\/em>, 7 Colo 541, 5 P 119<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Damages recoverable in a lawsuit for loss or injury suffered by the plaintiff as a result of the defendant’s conduct.\u00a0 Also called actual damages, they may include expenses, loss of time, reduced earning capacity, bodily injury, and mental anguish.<\/strong> <\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Compare punitive damages.<\/em>[3]<\/span><\/p>\n

actual damages<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/strong>(18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> An amount awarded to a complainant<\/a> to compensate<\/a> for a proven injury<\/a> or loss; damages that repay actual losses.<\/strong> \u2014 aka compensatory damages<\/em><\/span><\/strong>; tangible damage<\/strong>s<\/strong><\/span><\/em>; real damages<\/strong><\/span>. [1]<\/em>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Monetary compensation for a loss or injury which a plaintiff has suffered rather than a sum of money awarded by way of punishing a defendant or to deter others.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Damages in compensation for the loss or injury suffered rather than those allowed by way of punishment of the defendant or deterring others.\u00a0 22 Am J2d Damg \u00a7 11<\/span>.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

Related Terms:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

measurable damages<\/span><\/a> – damages whose amount can be determined with a high degree of certainty.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

lawful damages<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u2013 those damages fixed by law and ascertained in a court of law.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

pecuniary damages<\/span><\/a> – damages that can be estimated and monetarily compensated, as opposed to nonpecuniary damages<\/a>, which require nonmonetary (equitable) remedies<\/a>; the term “pecuniary loss” is often used in wrongful death cases.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Doctored<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[3]: Ballantine\u2019s Law <\/a><\/span><\/strong>Dictionary\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>with<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em> Pronunciations<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\n<\/span><\/a><\/em>Third Edition<\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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