{"id":7789,"date":"2017-11-11T05:51:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T05:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7789"},"modified":"2017-12-15T21:26:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T21:26:25","slug":"7789-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=7789","title":{"rendered":"Discretionary Damages – not precisely measurable (i.e. mental anguish, pain and suffering, etc.) but are determined by a jury"},"content":{"rendered":"

discretionary<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. That which is subject to a person’s discretion.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

discretionary damages<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(1854)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Damages<\/strong> (such as mental anguish or pain and suffering) that are not precisely measurable but are determined by the subjective judgment of a jury.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 aka\u00a0indeterminate damages. <\/strong><\/em>[2]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

indeterminate damages<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. A A little-used and unsatisfactory term for punitive or exemplary damages.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

Various Forms of Discretionary Damages:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

cosmetic damages<\/span><\/a> – the amount awarded to compensate for personal disfigurement.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

future damages <\/a><\/span>– awarded to an injured party for an injury\u2019s residual or projected effects (i.e. a reduction in a person\u2019s ability to function, expected pain and suffering, loss or impairment of earning capacity, projected medical expenses).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

hedonic damages<\/a><\/span> – for loss of enjoyment of life or of life’s pleasures. <\/strong>\u2014 <\/em>aka hedonistic damages<\/strong><\/em><\/span>.
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[1]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine’s Law Dictionary <\/a>Legal Assistant Edition<\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Doctored<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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