NOUN
- (law) compensation for losses that can readily be proven to have occurred and for which the injured party has the right to be compensated
How To Use general damages In A Sentence
- Inexact or unliquidated losses (although they are not presumed and therefore must be pleaded) are compensated by an award of general damages.
- A judge's award of general damages is not intrinsically better than a jury's.
- It is a consideration which I should have applied myself to the assessment of general damages to favour this plaintiff.
- It should be noted that the defendant counterclaimed against the plaintiffs for general damages of $250, 000.00 and punitive damages of $50, 000.00.
- It is also observed that while the general damages of the workers have restored to normal after stopping contact with TNT for some time, the lens damage of the workers's eyes is going on worsening.
- This is an assessment of the general damages arising from the second incident.
- The judge had rejected both approaches and awarded £2,500 general damages for loss of amenity.
- It is a consideration which I should have applied myself to the assessment of general damages to favour this plaintiff.
- The owners of leaky homes would be eligible for general damages, including compensation for mental distress and anxiety, under legislation debated by Parliament yesterday.
- Ms. Jones claims economic losses in the form of loss of income and general damages for her injuries.
