Explore the types of compensatory damages awarded in civil court cases, including examples and key distinctions. Understand ...

Punitive damages are legal recompense that a defendant found guilty of committing a wrong or offense is ordered to pay on top ...

Craig, Kelley & Faultless reports on truck accident claims, detailing economic and noneconomic damages, evaluation methods, ...

The golden standard for the measure of damages in a construction case alleging defective or incomplete work are the actual costs of completion or repair. That is to say, if there is a breach (or ...

After an accident, you likely already know that you are entitled to compensatory damages. These are damages intended to compensate you for your financial and intangible losses, such as medical bills, ...

IN LITIGATION INVOLVING FUTURE ECONOMIC damages, experts’ calculations must discount the amounts to present value. The courts have offered little guidance on appropriate discount rates. BUSINESS ...

Few people pay for construction work unless they intend to put the end product to use, either as their own residences or for a business or public purpose. In any case, there are repercussions — with ...

In employment discrimination cases, perhaps the most obvious form of damages is lost pay if the employee is forced to leave the company. But an equally, and in some cases more impactful, remedy is ...

On May 11, the judge overseeing Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni’s consolidated litigation said no additional briefing is ...

From Bisogno v. Libertella, decided two months ago by the New York Appellate Division, Justices Francesca E. Connolly, Paul Wooten, Helen Voutsinas, and James P. McCormack: On May 9, 2013, the ...