Sentences with phrase «intangible injuries»

Non-economic damages: Awarded to compensate victims for intangible injuries caused by the bus accident.

As explained by Waddams, they take account of intangible injuries and by definition will generally augment damages assessed under the general rules relating to the assessment of damages.

A limit on noneconomic damages limits the amount a plaintiff can recover for pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of consortium or companionship, and other intangible injuries for which it is difficult to assign a dollar amount.

It focuses on both the difficulties of identifying intangible injury and illness and the personal costs of wrong diagnoses.

While workers» compensation benefits do not cover intangible injuries, such as pain and suffering, loss of quality of life, and psychological damages.

Non-economic damages can be awarded to compensate you for intangible injuries including emotional distress, loss of enjoyment of life, disfigurement, physical limitations, and embarrassment.

Pain and suffering, mental anguish, embarrassment, and disfigurement are all common examples of intangible injuries that can be addressed using non-economic damages.

Aggravated damages compensate a claimant for intangible injuries, such as distress and humiliation, which are caused by a defendant's conduct.

Aggravated damages: Awarded to compensate for intangible injuries, such as mental distress or where it can be shown that there was a wrong committed that was separate from the dismissal itself and aggravated the employee's harm as a result.

How are intangible injuries, such as emotional distress, calculated?

Damages for mental distress can be claimed when the breach of contract by one party causes the other party an intangible injury, such as additional stress, anxiety, frustration, humiliation, and emotional or psychological distress.

Non-economic damages exist to compensate you for these types of intangible injuries.

The Judge also recognized that intangible injuries may allow for a plaintiff to claim a concrete injury.