Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This comment provides an overview of hedonic damages by reviewing how they have been measured, when they have been awarded, and what objections have been raised to their recovery. The relationship between hedonic damages and more traditional tort damages is considered. This comment concludes that hedonic damages are a distinct form of injury that may be adequately represented and argued to a jury within the categories of disability or pain and suffering in personal injury claims. In addition, this comment urges that limited hedonic damages be awarded to the victim who is deceased or comatose.
First Page
543
Last Page
578
Publication Date
7-1-1990
Department
College of Law
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Valentine, Gretchen L.
(1990)
"Hedonic Damages: Emerging Issue in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Claims,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 10:
Iss.
3, Article 1.
Suggested Citation
Gretchen L. Valentine, Comment, Hedonic Damages: Emerging Issue in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Claims, 10 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 543 (1990).
