Opal is injured and her property is damaged when a truck with defective brakes careens off an adjacent highway and crashes into her home. If Opal brings a successful tort action against the truck's owner for gross negligence, she may be awarded punitive damages to
A) compensate for her total losses.
B) put her into the same position she would have been in if the tort had not occurred.
C) punish the defendant and deter others from similar wrongdoing.
D) all of the choices.
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