«Your mission is to put a system in place that says, «We're going to
punish the wrong doers,»» Cuomo said on July 2, 2013.
Depending on the particular facts and on the forum, the monetary awards compensate the victim for: past and future wage loss; general damages (compensation for pain and suffering); specific losses, such as intentional infliction of mental suffering or assault; aggravated damages (in the context of employment law, often relating to the manner in which the employer dismissed the employee); and punitive damages (a monetary award intended to
punish the
wrong -
doer rather than to compensate the victim).