Damages Deskbook

Section 25 Complete Indifference or Conscious Disregard
Section 5 Client’s Representation of the Extent of the Injury
Section 83 Recoverability Generally
Section 17 Property Damages
Section 17 Recovery of Expenses and Overhead
Section 94 Foreign Judgments
Section 61 Recovery of Prejudgment Interest at Contractually Agreed Rate
Section 2 What Are Lost Profits?
Section 13 Lost Chance Cases Generally
Section 49 Unit Costs of Medical Care, Equipment, and Supplies
Section 38 Selecting the Economic Expert
Section 7 Supplementation
Section 8 Leasehold Interests
Section 6 No Recovery for Workplace Aggravation of Preexisting Condition (“new” Statutory Standard)
Section 82 Choice of Law
Section 21 Penalties Based on Knowledge or Conduct of Insurance Agent
Section 30 Offsets
Section 6 General Damages
Section 34 Theories of Recovery
Section 15 Prejudgment Interest
Section 30 Effect of Settlement on Liability of Other Tortfeasors
Section 11 Medical Bills
Section 63 Employment Discrimination and Wrongful Discharge
Section 43 Unique Wrongful Death Statutory Damages
Section 62 Actions Against Governmental Entities
Section 40 Civil Malicious Prosecution
Section 85 Figure 3—Laboratory Tests—John Smith
Section 15 Punitive Damages
Section 28 Missouri Storage Tank Law
Section 55 Bad Faith Exception
Section 9 Injunctive Power
Section 39 Pyramid Schemes
Section 8 Use of Medical Records
Section 1 Generally
Section 7 Overview
Section 87 Judgment and Appeal
Section 13 Actions Involving Only Economic Loss
Section 7 Attorney Fees Provided for by Statute
Section 93 Figure 11—Calculation—Past Lost Earnings
Section 98 Figure 16—medical Inflation Rates (1979–2009)
Section 45 Punitive Damages
Section 33 Seller’s Action for the Contract Price
Section 58 Punitive Damages Permitted
Section 85 Multiple Judgment Torts and Credit Allowed for Punitives by
Section 29 Air Conservation
Section 31 Financial Condition
Section 72 Fraudulent Misrepresentation and Nondisclosure
Section 19 Employment
Section 27 Miscellaneous Evidentiary Problems
Section 17 “Libel-Proof” Plaintiff Doctrine
Section 21 Aggravation of a Preexisting Injury
Section 19 Tort Reform Act
Section 11 Lay Witnesses
Section 105 Injunction—Damages Upon Dissolution
Section 11 Taxes
Section 76 Medical Care Calculations
Section 24 Right to a Jury Trial
Section 31 Jury Not Informed of Other Settlements
Section 44 Sales—UCC Article 2
Section 51 “Past” and “Future” Losses
Section 6 Recovery of Actual Damages
Section 12 Direct Evidence From Physicians and Other Medical Personnel
Section 42 the Analogy
Section 98 Figure 16—Medical Inflation Rates (1979–2009)
Section 4 Parties Entitled to Maintain an Action
Section 40 Vexatious Penalties Under Uninsured Motorist Coverage
Section 68 False Imprisonment
Section 78 Damages Experts in Property Damage and Commercial Loss Cases
Section 86 Who Determines Prejudgment Interest—Judge or Jury?
Section 36 Nuisance
Section 23 Lawful Hunting or Trapping—Interference
Section 1 Introduction
Section 25 Other Exceptions to the American Rule
Section 42 Retail Credit Sales
Section 39 Hedonic Damages
Section 3 Actual Losses Suffered by Plaintiff
Section 81 Procedural Issues
Section 5 Defenses to Action to Recover Damages for Wrongful Death
Section 12 Wrongful Death Actions
Section 35 Parties Entitled to Make a Claim
Section 110 Public Officer—Failure to Deliver Records
Section 59 Effect of Appeal
Section 79 Application of Prejudgment Interest in Tort Cases Under
Section 20 Role of Comparative Fault
Section 2 Definitions
Section 13 Worker’s Compensation
Section 4 Capitalization - Of-income Approach
Section 26 Contribution to Family During Life
Section 2 Initial Client Interview
Section 4 Computation of Liquidated Claim
Section 17 Liquidated Damages for Vendee’s Breach of a Land Contract
Section 50 Attorney Fees Provided for by Contract
Section 26 Psychologist
Section 13 Defective Construction
Section 15 Litigable Issues Insufficient When Insurer’s Attitude Is Vexatious and Recalcitrant
Section 43 Appellate Standard of Review of Attorney Fee Awards
Section 25 Lienor—failure to Deliver Excess Proceeds
Section 108 Open Records Law Violation
Section 7 Damage to Buildings and Fixtures
Section 6 Inadmissible
Section 65 Requirement That Principal Amount Be “Liquidated”
Section 12 Reduction of Damages Through Retraction
Section 29 Sick Leave
Section 10 Cross-Examination
Section 54 Civil Contempt Exception
Section 99 Figure 17—medical Care Calculation
Section 35 Value of Lost Household Chores
Section 35 Tax Issues to Consider
Section 13 Recovery for Emotional Distress Through Traditional Torts
Section 44 Practice Pointers
Section 8 Multiple Defendants
Section 75 Conversion
Section 87 Municipal Corporations
Section 26 Contracts for the Sale of Goods
Section 22 Jury Duty—discrimination
Section 17 Liquidated Damages for Vendee’s Breach of a Land Contract
Section 20 Questions About Punitive Damages During Voir Dire
Section 1 Introduction
Section 21 Severance of Contribution Claims
Section 33 Awards to Alleged Infringers
Section 96 Waste
Section 1 Overview
Section 39 Pyramid Schemes
Section 24 Factors Considered
Section 77 Forcible Entry and Detainer and Unlawful Detainer
Section 32 Incidental Damages
Section 28 Life Expectancy
Section 22 Penalties
Section 25 Complete Indifference or Conscious Disregard
Section 3 Jury Instructions and Aggravation of a Preexisting Condition
Section 82 Multiple Defendants
Section 9 Lost Earnings of Farmers
Section 25 Other Exceptions to the American Rule
Section 11 Condemnation Cases
Section 44 Pecuniary Damages
Section 34 Passion, Prejudice, or Bias
Section 15 Examples of Aggravating Circumstances
Section 65 Caselaw Guidelines
Section 9 In General
Section 44 Medical Monitoring
Section 22 Statutory Causes of Action and
Section 24 Legal Tender and Interest—Unlawful Practices
Section 20 Same or Separate Action
Section 78 Oil Spill
Table of Contents
Section 24 Factors Considered
Section 43 Sales Commission
Section 46 Effect of Environmental Statutes
Section 64 Date of Accrual; Necessity for Demand
Section 111 Replevin Bond—Sheriff’s Liability
Section 8 Leasehold Interests
Section 92 Postjudgment Interest in Actions Against Public Entities
Section 25 Nurse as Skilled Witness
Section 14 Loss of Consortium
Section 86 Figure 4—John Smith’s Urinary Tract Infections
Section 23 Remand for Trial on Punitives Alone
Section 75 Lost Household Contribution Calculations
Section 9 Emergency Room Records
Section 18 Instructional Error
Section 24 Knowledge
Section 6 Credits and Offsets
Section 8 Ambulance Records
Section 57 Who Determines Attorney Fees—
Section 18 Filing of Invalid Lien
Section 43 Increased Damages
Section 80 Medical Malpractice Actions
Section 68 in General
Section 31 “Special Needs” Experts
Section 10 Lost Profits
Section 10 Causation
Section 17 Actual Damages
Section 19 Effect of Events Occurring After Breach
Section 21 Definition of Terms
Section 50 Underground Storage Tank Regulation
Section 19 Trier of Fact Given Great Discretion
Section 77 Placing Calculations in Perspective
Section 24 Damages Are Discretionary
Section 100 Attorneys—illegal Practice of Law
Section 5 Admissible
Section 37 Lost Profits—“but For” Loss of Sales
Section 15 Separate Proceedings
Section 53 Retirement Age
Section 9 Damage to Crops
Section 59 Knowledge of Dangerous Condition
Section 57 Bad Faith Claims
Section 33 Protection From Claims for Contribution
Section 37 Settlement Documents
Section 9 Emergency Room Records
Section 4 Documenting Proof of Pain and Suffering
Section 16 Toxic Substances Control Act
Section 12 Ability to Perform Other Work After the Injury
Section 30 Nexus Required Between Injury and Amount of Punitives
Section 17 Penalties
Section 29 Vocational Rehabilitation Expert
Section 31 Income Taxes
Section 19 Potential Uses of the Property
Section 13 Relationship
Section 80 Damage to Real Estate
Section 32 Computer Assistance and Communications
Section 83 Vandalism by Minor