What are damages for a plaintiff who suffered from severe brain damage as a result of a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Stills v. Gratton, 127 Cal.Rptr. 652, 55 Cal.App.3d 698 (Cal. App. 1976):
In tort, damages, serve to compensate a plaintiff for injury caused by a defendant's conduct, and are awarded to the extent that a plaintiff can be restored to the position he would have occupied had the tort not occurred. (Wright v. Rogers (1959) 172 Cal.App.2d 349, 365.) 'This Court cannot weigh the value of life with impairments against the nonexistence of
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