A truck with defective brakes runs off the street and crashes into Lima's home, damaging the property and injuring her. In a successful tort action against the truck's owner for gross negligence, Lima 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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