Carbon dioxide cannot pass through the protective waxy layer covering the leaf (cuticle), but it can enter the leaf through an opening (the stoma; plural = stomata; Greek for hole) flanked by two guard cells. Likewise, oxygen produced during photosynthesis can only pass out of the leaf through the opened stomata.
There are two types of damages that may be awarded by the court, âcompensatory,â and âpunitive.â Compensatory damages, also referred to as âactual damages,â provide a plaintiff with the amount of money necessary to restore them to the financial state they were in prior to the action, or to replace what was lost.
(d) Defenses. The employer may (i) avoid compensatory and punitive damages by presenting. mixed-motive defense; (ii) avoid punitive damages by presenting good-faith defense; or (iii). reduce punitive damages by presenting due process concerns.