In contract law, courts have characterized damages in a number of ill-defined and confusing ways. Monetary claims have been called direct, indirect, actual, speculative, estimated, liquidated, special, consequential, incidental, and punitive.
More than 174,000 workers in the electrical contracting industry—including the most-skilled electricians, linemen and technicians in the world—are covered by pension plans that are financed through contributions from them and their multiple employers, without costing taxpayers one cent.
