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In law, damages awarded to reimburse the injured party only for the actual loss incurred. Punitive or exemplary damages are not considered compensatory.<\/p>\n

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In a lawsuit, money awarded to an injured individual to repay that person for the actual costs that have resulted from the injury. The damages should restore the injured party to his or her preinjury status.<\/p>\n

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In law, damages awarded to reimburse the injured party only for the actual loss incurred. Punitive or exemplary damages are not considered compensatory. In a lawsuit, money awarded to an injured individual to repay that person for the actual costs that have resulted from the injury. The damages should restore the injured party to his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c"],"yoast_head":"\nCompensatory damages - Definition of Compensatory damages<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In law, damages awarded to reimburse the injured party only for the actual loss incurred. 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