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DAMAGE vs DAMAGES
If you damage someone in any way, you will most likely have to pay damages…
Damages je iznos dosuđen oštećenoj strani za ozljedu ili počinjenu štetu, a prevodi se kao odšteta ili naknada štete
Damages - compensation in money imposed by law for loss or injury.
Primjer: He was ordered to pay damages of $5,000 for assaulting a police officer.
S druge strane, damage je gubitak ili šteta kao rezultat nanošenja ozljede (štete).
Damage - loss or harm resulting from injury to person or property.
Primjer: People lost their homes due to flood damage.
Curiosity – punitive damages are a way of punishing the wrongdoer with the purpose of preventing the wrongdoer from similar misbehaviour in the future.
Example: company that has made defective or unsafe products and was aware of that.
Zanimljivost - vrsta naknade štete čiji je cilj prevencija počinjenja istog djela te slanje poruke društvu o drskom, štetnom ili neetičnom ponašanju.
Primjer: tvrtka koja je proizvela neispravan proizvod i svjesno ga plasirala na tržište.
Izvor: Merriam Webster dictionary
