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**9rCR9hWL** · 11-02-2011, 05:54 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/owner-car-deal...004302989.html

My question is how do they decide the amount to award for damages? Is that how much in sales the dealership was cost? Surely he couldn't have lost out on that much in sales. I wonder in a lot of cases like this. What determines the amount of damages awarded? Why so stinking much?

According to the article, there is 2.5 million in compensatory damages...this would be the amount of actual damage to the plaintiff.

The other 5 million is for punitive damages...that is an additional award designed to punish the defendent for his conduct, and is based more on how much the defendent has rather than how much the damage was done. It's sort of like a fine, but gets paid to the plaintiff.

11-02-2011, 05:54 PM	#3
9rCR9hWL Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 382 Senior Member	http://news.yahoo.com/owner-car-deal...004302989.html My question is how do they decide the amount to award for damages? Is that how much in sales the dealership was cost? Surely he couldn't have lost out on that much in sales. I wonder in a lot of cases like this. What determines the amount of damages awarded? Why so stinking much? According to the article, there is 2.5 million in compensatory damages...this would be the amount of actual damage to the plaintiff. The other 5 million is for punitive damages...that is an additional award designed to punish the defendent for his conduct, and is based more on how much the defendent has rather than how much the damage was done. It's sort of like a fine, but gets paid to the plaintiff.
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