§ 13-2 Damages - Actual Damages

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§ 13-2 Damages - Actual Damages

Actual damages are properly called compensatory damages, meaning to compensate, to make the injured party whole, to put him in the same position he was in prior to the damages received insofar as this is monetarily possible. In other words, actual or compensatory damages include compensation for all injuries which are naturally the proximate result of the alleged wrongful conduct of the defendant.

Actual damages are awarded to a litigant in compensation for his actual loss or injury. Actual damages are such as will compensate the party for injuries suffered or losses sustained. They are such damages as will simply make good or replace the loss caused by the wrong or injury. Actual damages are damages in satisfaction of, or in recompense for, loss or injury sustained. The goal is to restore the injured party, as nearly as possible through the payment of...