WI · jury_instructions
Wis JI-Civil 1810
Trespass: Nominal Damages
If you find that (Defendant) trespassed upon (Plaintiff)'s property, but do not find that
(Plaintiff) has sustained measurable damages from the trespass, then your answer to
Question _____ may be a nominal sum such as one dollar. A nominal damage award
recognizes that although actual damages are immeasurable in dollars, actual harm to the
property rights of (Plaintiff) has occurred from the trespass by (Defendant).
History
Wis JI-Civil 1810 (2013). ©2013, Regents, Univ. of Wis. Prepared by the Wisconsin Civil Jury Instructions Committee of the Wisconsin Judicial Conference with the University of Wisconsin Law School; posted by the Wisconsin State Law Library with the University's permission.
Provenance
- Source
- wilawlibrary.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
- Content hash
b67989063bd2c6129d5289dc07a1632f8b4c6be21feefdde6bdc9a1871ab738e
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