Liability Models

Damages Record

Damages can be represented as categories without valuation. Honesty note: simplified classroom tort model; jurisdictions vary; contested facts and standards matter; the pinned first step states the as-of date; not legal advice.

highlighted = computed this step

Tort model honesty note

Honesty note: simplified classroom tort model; jurisdictions vary; contested facts and legal standards matter; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; code encodes a stated structural model, not the law itself.

tort model as of June24,2026\text{tort model as of }June 24, 2026

Damages are category records here

The stated process lists damages categories without valuation. Measure and doctrine questions are outside this toy table.

category records, no valuation\text{category records, no valuation}

Example category set

The toy data uses physical injury, property damage, and economic loss as category labels.

three category labels\text{three category labels}

The retrieval table counts support rows

Damages data can list categories without valuation. This toy table has 3 category records and 3 token-supported rows. Economic-loss treatment is doctrine and jurisdiction dependent.

records=3,support=3\text{records}=3,\quad \text{support}=3

Diagram note

The diagram is a category-record table. It does not state a money figure, loss measure, or fault assignment.

category labels only\text{category labels only}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes the stated structural model, not the law itself.

Simplified classroom tort damages category recordsrowfieldvaluequerytokensinjury,property,economicquerycount3supportcount3supportabstainFalsescopejurisdictionUS classroom modelscopesource_typecategoryrecord physicalrank2record physicalmatch1 of 3record physicalfilterpassrecord physicalciteToy Damages 1record physicalsnippetPhysical injury category record.record propertyrank3record propertymatch1 of 3record propertyfilterpassrecord propertyciteToy Damages 2record propertysnippetProperty damage category record.record economicrank1record economicmatch1 of 3record economicfilterpassrecord economicciteToy Damages 3record economicsnippetEconomic loss category record.

Summary

Damages records help preserve claimed category data while leaving valuation and doctrine to review.

record category, then review\text{record category, then review}