{"id":26914,"date":"2022-09-05T03:28:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T03:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-legal\/amjur\/damages-sect-24.html"},"modified":"2022-08-25T11:48:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T11:48:03","slug":"damages-sect-24","status":"publish","type":"amjur","link":"https:\/\/reference.findlaw.com\/amjur\/damages-sect-24.html","title":{"rendered":"Am Jur 2d – Damages \u00a7 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
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III. Compensatory Damages, A. Overview, 1. Definitions, \u00a7 24 – Compensatory damages<\/h2>\n

Compensatory damages are intended to redress the concrete loss that the plaintiff has suffered by reason of the defendant’s wrongful conduct.[1<\/a>] Their objective is to repair the damage caused to one party by the wrong of another.[2<\/a>] In both contract and tort actions, compensatory damages are awarded for the purpose of making the injured party whole[3<\/a>] by reimbursing,[4<\/a>] compensating,[5<\/a>] or indemnifying[6<\/a>] him or her for the loss or harm suffered, to the extent that it is possible to measure his or her injury in terms of money.[7<\/a>] The term covers all loss recoverable as a matter of right and includes all damages (beyond nominal damages) other than punitive or exemplary damages.[8<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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Observation:<\/div>\n

Compensatory damages, as opposed to criminal sanctions, are not a form of punishment.[9<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cases:<\/div>\n
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Compensatory damages indemnify the plaintiff for injury to property, loss of time, necessary expenses, and other actual losses; they are proportionate or equal in measure or extent to plaintiff’s injuries, or such as measure the actual loss, and are given as amends therefor. \tBrooks v. City of Huntington, 768 S.E.2d 97 (W. Va. 2014)<\/a> <\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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1<\/a> \u00a0 Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc., 532 U.S. 424, 121 S. Ct. 1678, 149 L. Ed. 2d 674 (2001)<\/a> <\/span>; Arnold v. Wilder, 657 F.3d 353, 86 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 664 (6th Cir. 2011)<\/a> <\/span>; Qwest Services Corp. v. Blood, 252 P.3d 1071 (Colo. 2011)<\/a> <\/span>, as modified on denial of reh’g, (June 20, 2011) and cert. dismissed, 132 S. Ct. 1087, 181 L. Ed. 2d 805 (2012)<\/a> <\/span>.
<\/span> \u00a0Compensatory damages are awarded to a person in satisfaction of or in response to a loss or injury sustained.

2<\/a> \u00a0 RJAM, Inc. v. Miletello, 103 So. 3d 503 (La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 2012)<\/a> <\/span> (breach of contract); MBIA Ins. Corp. v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 34 Misc. 3d 895, 936 N.Y.S.2d 513 (Sup 2012)<\/a> <\/span>, aff’d as modified, 105 A.D.3d 412, 963 N.Y.S.2d 21 (1st Dep’t 2013)<\/a> <\/span>.
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3<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a7 28<\/a> <\/span>.
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4<\/a> \u00a0 Ex parte S & M, LLC, 2012 WL 6062565 (Ala. 2012)<\/a> <\/span>.
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5<\/a> \u00a0 Gateway Foam Insulators, Inc. v. Jokerst Paving & Contracting, Inc., 279 S.W.3d 179 (Mo. 2009)<\/a> <\/span>.
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6<\/a> \u00a0 Fairways Offshore Exploration, Inc. v. Patterson Services, Inc., 355 S.W.3d 296 (Tex. App. Houston 1st Dist. 2011)<\/a> <\/span>.
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7<\/a> \u00a0 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Townsend, 90 So. 3d 307 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012)<\/a> <\/span>, review denied, 110 So. 3d 441 (Fla. 2013)<\/a> <\/span> and review dismissed, 110 So. 3d 442 (Fla. 2013)<\/a> <\/span>; Crutcher v. Harrod Concrete and Stone Co., 2013 WL 1163945 (Ky. Ct. App. 2013)<\/a> <\/span>.
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8<\/a> \u00a0 Comer v. Age-Herald Pub. Co., 151 Ala. 613, 44 So. 673 (1907)<\/a> <\/span>; Carmichael v. Bell Telephone Co., 157 N.C. 21, 72 S.E. 619 (1911)<\/a> <\/span>; Shebester, Inc. v. Ford, 1961 OK 67, 361 P.2d 200 (Okla. 1961)<\/a> <\/span>; News Leader Co. v. Kocen, 173 Va. 95, 3 S.E.2d 385, 122 A.L.R. 842 (1939)<\/a> <\/span>; Baldwin v. Alberti, 58 Wash. 2d 243, 362 P.2d 258 (1961)<\/a> <\/span>.
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9<\/a> \u00a0 Cohen v. Cowles Media Co., 501 U.S. 663, 111 S. Ct. 2513, 115 L. Ed. 2d 586 (1991)<\/a> <\/span>.
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