Fireman's Insurance Co. of Newark v. Le Compte

How courts have described this case

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• “While the precise measure of damages may vary under each [of several damages theories], there can be no doubt that, under all of them, the object of compensatory damages is the same, i.e., to, make the plaintiff whole”
• “[T]he object of compensatory damages is the same, i.e., to make the plaintiff whole .... In a tort case, [cjompensatory damages, whether general or special, serve to make good, so far as it is possible to do so in dollars and cents, the harm done by a wrongdoer ....”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).