dommages-intérêts exemplaires

Traductions

• anglais

  Date : 1990

  Définition

  In a tort action, the sum assessed as punishment by the jury, above the compensatory damages, in order to make an example of the wrongdoer as a deterrent to others who might consider similar conduct.
  
  Compensation in excess of actual damages that may be awarded where there is a wanton or intentional act, that is, an act which intended the result.

  Notes :

  Exemplary damages can be awarded to teach the wrongdoer that tort does not pay. They are preventive or deterrant in character and are over and above compensation.
  
  Par opposition à "compensatory damages".

  Terme :

  1. exemplary damages