UT · jury_instructions
MUJI 2d CV1205
Damages - nominal damages
If you found that [name of defendant] trespassed [name of plaintiff]'s [real/personal] property, you may award economic, non-economic, or nominal damages to [name of plaintiff].
Even if you find that no actual damage was suffered by [name of plaintiff] as a result of [name of defendant]'s trespass, you may still award [name of plaintiff] a trivial amount, called "nominal damages," to compensate [name of plaintiff] for the invasion of [name of plaintiff]'s property rights. "Nominal damages" has been defined as a trivial sum such as one dollar.
Provenance
- Source
- legacy.utcourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-22
- Edition
- 2026-08-21
- Content hash
4980fbf754e9d4f75b6b8009839cfdc04c8faa174aeaee24b4619fffbd088640
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