{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1660","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"Difficulty of Assessment","number":"1660","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1660/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE II - NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS","chapter":"Chapter 1. - Extra-Contractual Liability","section":"Section 4. - Mode and Extent of Compensation","paragraph":"A. - Pecuniary Compensation for Material Injury"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"Where the exact amount of the injury cannot be ascertained, the Court shall estimate it, taking into account the ordinary course of events and the measures taken by the injured party.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1660/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":468,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/468/?article=1660&paragraph=p1#article-1660-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"Nevertheless, no indemnity shall be awarded in respect of a injury of which the very existence, and not only the amount, is uncertain.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1660/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":468,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/468/?article=1660&paragraph=p2#article-1660-p2"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}