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13-1832. Nominal damages.

            If you find that __________________ (plaintiff) has established a right to recover from __________________ (defendant) but that __________________ (plaintiff) has suffered [no harm], [insignificant harm], [or] [damages that cannot be ascertained], you may award [him] [her] [it] nominal damages. Nominal damages are a trivial sum of money, usually one cent or one dollar, awarded to a party who has established a right to recover but has not established that [he] [she] [it] is entitled to compensatory damages.

 

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            This instruction should not be used when the cause of action requires proof of actual damages.

[Adopted effective, January 1, 1999.]

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