Create a short response to the next comment: Initially, I thought that punitive damages should be awarded in breach of contract cases. However, after more research in most cases punitive damages should not be awarded if a contract was breached. In real court cases most are not awarded punitive damage if a contract was breached: $$Punitive damages are normally not awarded in the context of a breach of contract claim$($exemplary damages$).$ An example of where punitive damages would not be awarded is if one person does not hold up on their end of the deal and the other person did not lose anything from it$.$ While it is unfortunate to not receive what was agreed, the person$$s life will continue as normal. Their life won$$t have been damaged therefore they should not be awarded punitive damages. However, if the situation was different and a person can show they were severely damaged by a breach of contract then they should be awarded punitive damages. Especially in medical cases as seen in one of the articles. This could be life or death for someone and should not be messed with. Bad faith can also play a role in if punitive damages should be awarded.