compensatory damages

基本解释

The system would be working well if any underestimated compensatory damages were just about offset by inflated punitive damages.
如果被低估的补偿性赔偿金能够恰好被惩罚性赔偿金的提高所抵消，那么侵权责任制度也会运作得很好。
Yet there is need for some tort reform because there is too much litigation, compensatory damages are often too low, and punitive damages have sometimes been grossly excessive.
的确侵权制度需要一些改革，因为通常许多案子的补偿性赔偿金都很低，而惩罚性赔偿金有时却过高。
News Group Newspapers is strongly contesting the action, which includes an unprecedented claim in a privacy case for exemplary or punitive damages as well as compensatory damages.
报业集团对此次事件展开了激烈的争论。这是涉及个人隐私权问题而请求天价惩罚性或惩戒性损害赔偿以及补偿性损害赔偿的前所未有的诉讼。

Campbell, suggested that the ratio of punitive to compensatory damages should be in the single digits.
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Hunter is now seeking compensatory damages and punitive damages for an unspecified amount.
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Unlike so-called compensatory damages, which are designed to make up for monetary losses, punitive damages are meant to punish the wrongdoer in a civil case, and deter similar conduct in the future.
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