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.
Although juries often get to decide the final amounts awarded to a plaintiff, some states limit compensatory damages. Most states do not cap punitive damages, however. Itâs not unusual in mesothelioma verdicts for awards to reach millions of dollars. In many cases, this is because asbestos companies were aware of the dangers of their products and did nothing to protect or warn workers of the associated hazards.