Title: Damages
Course: Demo 1

Q: ________ damages are intended to compensate a victim, while ________ damages are intended to punish a defendant.
- Punitive : compensatory
- Punitive : litigious
- Compensatory : punitive
A: Compensatory : punitive

Q: Examples of compensatory damages include:
- payment for lost wages.
- payment for mental anguish.
- payment to punish wrongdoing.
A: payment for lost wages.; payment for mental anguish.

Q: Punitive damages may be controversial because they:
- can far exceed actual losses suffered by a victim.
- can be arbitrary or unpredictable based on jury perspectives.
- may have dramatic impact on businesses, including bankruptcy.
A: can far exceed actual losses suffered by a victim.; can be arbitrary or unpredictable based on jury perspectives.; may have dramatic impact on businesses, including bankruptcy.

Q: An individual driving under the influence of alcohol crashes into another car killing the driver, a father, and injuring his wife and child. Compensatory damages may include:
- payment for lost income of the husband.
- payment for depriving the child of her father.
- payment to punish the driver for his poor decision.
A: payment for lost income of the husband.; payment for depriving the child of her father.

Q: A landlord fails to make improvements to keep the balconies of his apartment building at a level of repair that meets the city code. After several warnings from the city, one of the balconies falls and smashes the furniture and barbecue of one of the tenants. Another tenant is near the balcony when it falls but no one sustains physical injuries. Compensatory damages may include:
- payment for damaged property.
- payment for mental suffering.
- a fee for repeated and extreme non-compliance to a city code.
A: payment for damaged property.; payment for mental suffering.