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REMEDIES – SPRING 2005 Introduction The Role of Remedies A remedy is anything a court can do for a litigant who has been wronged or is about to be wronged. Remedies give meaning to obligations imposed by the substantive law Classifying Remedies Compensatory Remedies Designed to compensate plaintiffs for harm they have suffered. Compensatory damages are $$$ designed to make plaintiff as well as he would have been if he never had been wronged Requires a calculation of Pre-injury value Post-injury Value Preventive Remedies Designed to prevent harm before it happens, so that the issue of com