5.71 Damages: Nominal are a type of legal damages awarded in civil litigation cases. They are awarded when a plaintiff has suffered some type of injury or harm, but does not meet the legal standard for actual damages. Nominal damages are a small amount of money that is intended to provide a sense of vindication and justice to the plaintiff, while not providing any substantial financial benefit. Examples of nominal damages include $1 awards for infringement of copyright or breach of contract. In some cases, nominal damages may be awarded in conjunction with other damages, such as punitive or compensatory damages.
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Nominal damages of $1 are awarded when a section 1983 plaintiff who seeks compensatory damages proves that a defendant has violated his or her constitutional rights, but is unable to persuade the fact-finder, typically a jury, that the plaintiff suffered actual damages of any kind, whether physical and financial (?
A nominal damages claim differs from a ?small claim? in the sense that a nominal damages award is not a lawsuit seeking a monetary sum of $1. A nominal-damages lawsuit seeks an affirmation of the plaintiff's rights, and the mark of that affirmation is the dollar.
A trivial sum of money awarded to a plaintiff whose legal right has been technically violated but who has not established that they are entitled to compensatory damages because there was no accompanying loss or harm.
Nominal damages are awarded when the plaintiff is legally in the right, but has not suffered substantial losses. Because the plaintiff has no established need for compensation, the amounts awarded in these cases are usually very small.
A trivial sum of money awarded to a plaintiff whose legal right has been technically violated but who has not established that they are entitled to compensatory damages because there was no accompanying loss or harm.
An example of nominal damages is a situation where a defendant breached a contract and failed to fulfill the terms of the agreement, but the plaintiff wasn't harmed by this failure.
In which of the following cases would a court most likely award the plaintiff nominal damages? In a case where compensatory damages resulted from a contract breach.
Nominal damages are awarded when the plaintiff is legally in the right, but has not suffered substantial losses. Because the plaintiff has no established need for compensation, the amounts awarded in these cases are usually very small.