How much is a plaintiff entitled to in damages?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gadow v. Rest, A134646 (Cal. App. 2013):
specific sum. It was of course the jury's function to set the amount of damages, and we will not disturb the award. (Iwekaogwu v. City of Los Angeles (1999) 75 Cal.App.4th 803, 820 [amount of damages is fact question, first committed to jury's discretion]; Souza v. Richardson (1960) 177 Cal.App.2d 93, 95 [same].)
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