Not in the usual way and not as a complete detachment from life’s realities. In civil action for personal harm, the defendants are not remanded to jail or made to pay criminal fine. These are criminal penalties and personal injury lawsuits are civil action. Now and then, juries and courts may give ‘punitive damages,’ which are meant to punish the defendants that have been negligent or have involved themselves in a willful misconduct against the interest of the public. They are ordered with the intend on deterring other such individuals and others from engaging in the destructive conduct in the future.