Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Federal Law
includes &mdash 16 USC 1432
means damages for injury or loss of natural resources as set forth in section 9607(a) or 9611(b) of this title 42 USC 9601
State Law
California
includes compensatory damages, exemplary damages, punitive damages, and costs of every kind and nature, including, but not limited to, costs of a removal or remedial action California Health and Safety Code 25548.1
Michigan
means the fair market value on the stump or at the mill, whichever is greater of a forest product cut or removed, or the fair and actual value of any other property removed or damaged in trespass, plus any other damages caused before, during, or after the cutting or removal Michigan Laws 324.2155
South Carolina
includes both actual and punitive damages South Carolina Code 38-77-30
Tennessee
means damages of any kind for which liability may exist under the laws of this state resulting from, arising out of, or related to the discharge or threatened discharge of oil Tennessee Code 68-216-102
Utah
means general and special damages for injury or loss caused by each violation of this chapter Utah Code 67-21-2
Washington
as used in this chapter , shall be held to include the value of the property taken and injury to property not taken, or either, as the case may be Washington Code 85.08.010
means reasonable expenses and losses, other than speculative losses or profits, incurred between the time a cause of action arises and the time a holder of an interest in real property is granted relief as provided in RCW 64 Washington Code 64.40.010