However, the wait time for a hearing in Florida is just over a year, at 367 days. This is nearly a month longer than the national average wait time for a hearing, at 342 days. In Florida, the approval rating at the disability hearing stage is 48.3%. This is slightly below the national average approval rating of 50%.
Expectation Damages: Compensation awarded to the party harmed by a breach of contract for the loss of what he reasonably anticipated from the transaction that was not completed. In other words, expectation damages is compensation that tries to place the harmed party in the position he would have been in had the breach not occurred.
Non-pecuniary damages are damages for âpain and sufferingâ, sometimes also described as âloss of enjoyment of lifeâ. These damages are supposed to compensate the claimant for having to experience symptoms caused by the accident, having a loss of expectation of life, etc. The sheer fact is that there is no objective yardstick for translating non-pecuniary losses, such as pain and suffering and loss of amenities, into monetary terms. (Andrews v. Grand & Toy Alberta Ltd., [1978] 2 S.C.R. 229 at 261).