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Perhaps this proposal should open a wider debate on the nature of such "compensation" and the pervasive compensation culture that seems to have crept into every walk of life. How does cash "compensate" you for a sore neck, a stubbed toe or a late train? It doesn't cure any of them; it just gives the "victim" some spending money. A simple solution would be to return to the basic underlying principle of damages as restitution for loss and so restrict damages to actual and prospective costs and losses, plus punitive damages where the party liable acted recklessly.