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I am suing a computer company for losing important documents and my pictures, These pictures are priceless. They are of my mother who passed away recently. I got a call from the company and they asked how much I wanted. How do I put a price on lost pictures? thanks

Asked on March 1, 2018 under Personal Injury, Ohio

Answers:

SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 6 years ago | Contributor

There is no value, unfortunately, for lost pictures other than the value it would cost to buy new ones, if these had been commercially available pictures, and/or the cost you had paid to have them made (e.g. if you'd had a professional photographer take and produce them). The law simply does not recognize sentimental value for purposes of compensation--only economic value. So if there was no economic value, there is no "price" the law puts on them. (In this case, "priceless" doesn't equate to "enormous or infinite value"; it equates to "without value.")


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