Personal Injury: What are the legal definitions of damage and damages?

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Damage is defined as a loss or harm resulting from injury to a person, property or reputation.

Damages refers to compensation - such as a money judgment - provided to a person who has suffers a loss or harm due to the unlawful act or omission of another. The person at fault - the one who is the proximate cause of the loss or harm - must compensate the injured party.

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