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Actual or Compensatory Damages
Adequate compensation only for pecuniary loss suffered
Special Damages
Natural but not necessarily aconsequence of the accident in question
Per diem method
Estimated value of pain and suffering per day times the number of days the victim will suffer
Golden Rule method
Call on the judge to determine how much the damages will be
Exemplary or Corrective Damages
Awarded as punishment or deterrence
Simple Imprudence
Lack of precaution displayed; Damage impending to be caused is not immediate nor the danger clearly manifest
Reckless Imprudence
Voluntarily, but without malice, doing or failing to do an act from which material damage results
Nominal Damages
Trifling sum awarded to the plaintiff in an action where there is no substantial loss or injury to be compensated
Liquidated Damages
Those agreed by the parties to a contract, to be paid in case of breach thereof
Temperate or Moderate Damages
Pecuniary loss hasbeen suffered but its amount cannot be proved with certainty
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