Court & Litigation

Additur

A court's increase of a jury's damages award deemed inadequate.

In Personal Injury Cases

California courts can increase damages they find inadequate, though federal courts generally cannot. It's the opposite of remittitur.

Reference context

This term belongs to the Court & Litigation category and is part of our machine-readable California injury-law glossary.

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Structured access

Developers and search systems can resolve this term through the glossary API and collection hub.

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Plain-English use

How to use this definition during case research

Start with the definition, then ask whether the term changes liability, damages, insurance coverage, evidence preservation, or the deadline for taking action.

If the term affects a live accident or injury claim, write down the fact that triggered the question, the record that supports it, and the person or company that may dispute it.

A useful glossary page should point you toward the next page to read, not leave you with a standalone legal phrase.

Glossary discovery fingerprint

How this definition connects to a real claim file

Short legal definitions index better when they connect the term to proof, related concepts, practical resources, and the next question an injured person is likely to ask.

research differentiator

Court & Litigation claim fingerprint

For Court & Litigation, the useful question is whether the tow-yard photo, property incident note, and security desk entry can be tied to remittitur, damages, jury-award before the insurer treats the additur file as routine.

Use the fault rebuttal to connect scene proof with parking-lot visibility.
Compare California courts can increase damages they find inadequate, though federal courts generally cannot. It's the opposite of remittitur. against the first symptom notes and follow-up timing.
Name why Complaint, Answer changes the local review: property incident note, ownership records, and parking-lot visibility should point to the right next document.

Evidence sequence

What must stay specific on this resource page

A stronger Court & Litigation page explains the symptom chronology, the hospital transfer timing, and the documents that move a reader from research into a useful case review.

Name the records that can disappear first, especially any tow-yard photo or property incident note.
Compare Remittitur, Damages through symptom chronology; the point is to surface property incident note, security desk entry, and road context that a generic page misses.
Show how Settlement calculator, Personal injury FAQ, Legal review process changes the review through symptom chronology, provider timing, work disruption, and whether future-care questions remain open.

Decision summary

The decision point matters more than the keyword

Make the liability sequence clear: preserve security desk entry, map the local pressure around commuter turnover, and decide whether the next click should be a city guide, resource page, attorney profile, or intake.

Use liability sequence headings that explain why security desk entry or property incident note belongs in the first evidence review.
Make remittitur, damages, jury-award the anchor and Remittitur, Damages the comparison set, so the next click solves a different proof question.
Do not overstate outcomes; explain how California courts can increase damages they find inadequate, though federal courts generally cannot. It's the opposite of remittitur., liability sequence, and commuter turnover shape the next document request.

dash-camera export handoff

A dash-camera export becomes more useful when it is matched with California courts can increase damages they find inadequate, though federal courts generally cannot. It's the opposite of remittitur., a Remittitur comparison, and a clear explanation of what still needs verification.

weather and lighting change filter

The weather and lighting change detail matters when it explains why Personal injury FAQ evidence may change the damages ledger and the urgency of preserving records.

weather snapshot near jury-award

When a additur question starts around jury-award, the weather snapshot matters because hospital transfer timing can blur the deadline clock before witnesses are contacted.

California courts can increase damages they find inadequate, though federal courts generally cannot. It's the opposite of remittitur. timing

A reader in Court & Litigation should know whether California courts can increase damages they find inadequate, though federal courts generally cannot. It's the opposite of remittitur. records line up with Legal review process, especially if the first insurer note minimizes the provider chain.

Deposition control question

If Deposition is part of the story, preserve the dispatch note before hospital transfer timing changes who can explain access, lighting, staffing, or maintenance.