Ferreira v. Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Ltd.

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• holding that \[t]he extent of plaintiff's loss must be shown with reasonable certainty and that excludes any showing or conclusion founded 14 NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER upon mere speculation or guess\
• holding that \[t]he extent of plaintiff's loss must be shown with reasonable certainty and that excludes any showing or conclusion founded 14 NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER upon mere speculation or guess\
• considering that other jurisdictions term various awards as nominal damages, ranging from $300 to 6 cents, and, noting that “[a] vast majority of cases hold that nominal damages are a token award only and usually adjudge one dollar to be the amount[,j” adopting the majority rule
• defining nominal damages as, inter alia, “[a] trifling sum awarded when no legal injury is suffered but there is no substantial loss or injury to be compensated”
• “The extent of plaintiffs loss must be shown with reasonable certainty and that excludes any showing or conclusion founded upon mere speculation or guess.”
• “To authorize a recovery of more than nominal damages, facts must exist and be shown by the evidence which afford a basis for measuring the plaintiffs loss with reasonable certainty.”

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