California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cortez v. Purolator Air Filtration Products Co., 64 Cal.App.4th 882, 75 Cal.Rptr.2d 551 (Cal. App. 1998):
Here, plaintiff is not requesting compensation for any injury she suffered, which would clearly constitute damages. Rather, she is claiming that Purolator profited from breaking the law, and such a profit, which was wrongfully obtained, should be disgorged. "Restitution is generally defined [64 Cal.App.4th 897] as an equitable remedy designed to cure unjust enrichment of the defendant absent consideration of the plaintiff's losses. [Citations.]" (Waldrop v. Southern Co. Services, Inc. (11th Cir.1994) 24 F.3d 152, 158.)
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