legal damages

Contemptuous damages

- Disapproval

- Legal win, moral loss

E.g. awarded 5c

how do contemptuous damages achieve their purposes

Achieved

+ Acknowledging legal win (loss occurred)

+ Denounce plaintiff's behaviour

- Not achieved

- Acknowledging symbolic only, no $$

- Still got to sue

Exemplary damages

- Extreme harm/loss

- LOTS of money

- Making example out of defendant

- Can be in addition to compensatory damages

how do exemplary damages achieve their purposes

Achieved

+ Deterring

+ Punishing

Not achieved

- Won't effect rich people

Nominal damages

- Moral victory

- Acknowledge loss but not to compensate

- E.g. $1

how do nominal damages achieve their purposes

Achieved

+ Acknowledging loss

+ Award for morality

Not achieved

- Defendant might not take it seriously

Compensatory damages

Restoring someone to the financial position that they were in before a loss occurred

how do compensatory damages achieve their purposes

Achieved

+ Restoring original position

+ Compensates for loss

+ Account for future losses

General damages

- A kind of compensatory damages

- No specific receipts for the loss.

- Awarded for pain and suffering and potential future losses

Specific damages

- A kind of compensatory damages

- Specific monetary value of the loss.

- Awarded for loss of future wages, medical bills

Aggravated damages

- A kind of compensatory damages

- Awarded for suffering AND humiliation.