compensatory damages• But there are no such guidelines for determiningcompensatory damages.• If they prevail, they are entitled to compensatory damages.• Punitive damages potentially could be much more costly to cigarette companies than compensatory damages.• He was awarded $ 335,000 in compensatory damages and $ 300,617 in punitive damages.• Therefore Knapp was awarded compensatory damages and reassigned to his teaching and coaching jobs.• Court awards of compensatory damages for deaths are irrelevant to benefit-cost analysis for similarreasons.• By contrast, compensatory damages reimburse actual out-of-pocket losses.• If the jury had ruled against compensatory damages, the case would not have been able to proceed to the punitive stage.