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In a city rehabilitation project, a contractor’s foreman pressures workers to reuse damaged anchoring bolts and to bypass a mandatory safety test. A heavy rain causes a structural failure that damages a nearby shop and injures a passerby. The passerby sues for actual damages and separately seeks exemplary (corrective) damages, contending that the foreman’s conduct was grossly negligent and in bad faith to deter similar conduct. The court must decide whether exemplary damages may be awarded and, if so, under what conditions. Which statement best captures the doctrinal framework and its application to this scenario?

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They are automatically capped at the amount of actual damages and may not exceed them under any circumstances. Yes. If the contractor’s foreman acted with gross negligence and in bad faith, exemplary or corrective damages may be awarded in addition to actual damages to deter similar conduct, with the amount left to the court’s discretion and no fixed cap. Exemplary damages are a form of moral damages and are awarded only when there is proven moral wrong separate from physical injury. Exemplary damages substitute for actual damages when the fault is gross; the plaintiff would receive only the exemplary damages that the court fixes.

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