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Special Damages

Special Damages is a type of compensatory award in civil litigation that represents quantifiable monetary losses which are specifically pleaded and proven to flow directly from the defendant’s wrongful act, distinguishing it from general damages by requiring explicit evidentiary demonstration of actual financial harm.

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2017–2026

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Increasing claims for soft tissue injuries in workers' compensation: Cost shifting and moral hazard

Richard Butler, David L. Durbin, Nurhan Helvacian · Journal of Risk and Uncertainty · 1996 · 85 citations

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Money for Honor: Damages for Criminal Conversation

Susan Staves · Studies in eighteenth century culture/Studies in eighteenth-century culture · 1982 · 84 citations

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Explaining "pain and suffering" awards: The role of injury characteristics and fault attributions.

Roselle Wissler, Allen J. Hart, Marian M. Morry et al. · Law and Human Behavior · 1997 · 75 citations

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Empirical Evidence on the Deep Pockets Hypothesis: Jury Awards for Pain and Suffering in Medical Malpractice Cases

Neil Vidmar · Duke Law Journal · 1993 · 44 citations

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Precious little guidance: Jury instruction on damage awards.

Edith Greene, Brian H. Bornstein · Psychology Public Policy and Law · 2000 · 44 citations

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Authors

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  1. MJ
    Michael J. Saks

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 108 citations

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  2. RW
    Roselle Wissler

    Arizona State University, United States

    2 publications · 108 citations

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  3. MK
    Marcel Kahan

    New York Law School, United States

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  4. BT
    Bruce Tuckman

    New York University, United States

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  5. KA
    Katie A. Rector

    Arizona State University, United States

    1 publications · 33 citations

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Institutions

15

  1. University of Iowa

    Iowa City, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    333 citations

  2. Corning (United States)

    Corning, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  3. University of Winnipeg

    Winnipeg, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    75 citations

  4. New York University

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  5. New York Law School

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  6. Core Laboratories (United States)

    Houston, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  7. Accident Compensation Corporation

    Wellington, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    170 citations

  8. Bureau of Labor Statistics

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

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Venues

  1. Law and Human Behavior

    2 publications · 108 citations

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  2. Journal of Risk & Insurance

    1 publications · 37 citations

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  3. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty

    1 publications · 85 citations

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  4. Assurances et gestion des risques

    1 publications · 14 citations

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  5. International Review of Law and Economics

    1 publications · 28 citations

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