REPORTERS
Richard L. Hasen, University of California, Irvine School of Law, Irvine, CA
Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, VA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
Project Status at a Glance .............................................................................................. xiv
Foreword .......................................................................................................................... xv
Reporters’ Memorandum ................................................................................................. xvi
Preliminary Overall Table of Contents .............................................................................. xix
INTRODUCTION
THE RIGHT TO A REMEDY
§ 1. Availability of Tort Remedies ..................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER 1
COMPENSATORY DAMAGES
TOPIC 1
GENERAL RULES FOR MEASURING COMPENSATORY DAMAGES
§ 2. Restoring the Rightful Position (Make-Whole Relief) ................................................ 9
§ 3. One Satisfaction (No Double Recovery) .................................................................. 15
§ 4. Descriptive Categories of Damages (Immediate, Consequential, Direct,
General, and Special Damages) ..................................................................................... 26
§ 5. Reasonable Certainty ............................................................................................... 37
§ 6. Scope of Liability (Proximate Cause) ...................................................................... 54
§ 7. Unforeseeable Amount or Extent of Harm (Thin-Skull Plaintiffs) .............................. 56
§ 8. Avoidable Consequences (Mitigation of Damages) .................................................. 62
§ 9. Offsetting Benefits ................................................................................................... 127
§ 10. Compensation or Benefits from Collateral Sources ............................................... 146
§ 11. Loss of Chance [to come] ....................................................................................... 168
§ 12. Multiple Sufficient Causes [to come] ....................................................................... 168
§ 13. Taxes ....................................................................................................................... 169
§ 14. Interest ..................................................................................................................... 193
§ 15. Present Value ........................................................................................................... 209
§ 16. Attorneys’ Fees ........................................................................................................ 229
§ 17. Excessive and Inadequate Damages (New Trials, Remittitur, and Additur) ..... 248
Appendix. Black Letter of Tentative Draft No. 1 ........................................................ 274
Tentative Draft No. 1 contains § 1, The Right to a Remedy, and Sections from Topic 1, General Rules for Measuring Compensatory Damages, of Chapter 1 on Compensatory Damages.. The membership voted to approve §§ 1-4 and 6-8 of the draft at the 2022 Annual Meeting, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and editorial prerogative. The approved material may be cited as representing the Institute’s position until the official text is published.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section Page
Project Status at a Glance .............................................................................................. xiv
Foreword .......................................................................................................................... xv
Reporters’ Memorandum ................................................................................................. xvi
Preliminary Overall Table of Contents .............................................................................. xix
INTRODUCTION
THE RIGHT TO A REMEDY
§ 1. Availability of Tort Remedies ..................................................................................... 1
CHAPTER 1
COMPENSATORY DAMAGES
TOPIC 1
GENERAL RULES FOR MEASURING COMPENSATORY DAMAGES
§ 2. Restoring the Rightful Position (Make-Whole Relief) ................................................ 9
§ 3. One Satisfaction (No Double Recovery) .................................................................. 15
§ 4. Descriptive Categories of Damages (Immediate, Consequential, Direct,
General, and Special Damages) ..................................................................................... 26
§ 5. Reasonable Certainty ............................................................................................... 37
§ 6. Scope of Liability (Proximate Cause) ...................................................................... 54
§ 7. Unforeseeable Amount or Extent of Harm (Thin-Skull Plaintiffs) .............................. 56
§ 8. Avoidable Consequences (Mitigation of Damages) .................................................. 62
§ 9. Offsetting Benefits ................................................................................................... 127
§ 10. Compensation or Benefits from Collateral Sources ............................................... 146
§ 11. Loss of Chance [to come] ....................................................................................... 168
§ 12. Multiple Sufficient Causes [to come] ....................................................................... 168
§ 13. Taxes ....................................................................................................................... 169
§ 14. Interest ..................................................................................................................... 193
§ 15. Present Value ........................................................................................................... 209
§ 16. Attorneys’ Fees ........................................................................................................ 229
§ 17. Excessive and Inadequate Damages (New Trials, Remittitur, and Additur) ..... 248
Appendix. Black Letter of Tentative Draft No. 1 ........................................................ 274
Tentative Draft No. 1 contains § 1, The Right to a Remedy, and Sections from Topic 1, General Rules for Measuring Compensatory Damages, of Chapter 1 on Compensatory Damages.. The membership voted to approve §§ 1-4 and 6-8 of the draft at the 2022 Annual Meeting, subject to the discussion at the Meeting and editorial prerogative. The approved material may be cited as representing the Institute’s position until the official text is published.