The principal goal in calculating damages is to make the injured party whole. This exercise often is simple in theory but can be excruciatingly complicated in practice. In most cases, courts are presented with competing experts offering damage valuations based on estimates, forecasts, projections and discounts, and are then tasked with rending this information into a monetary amount sufficient to compensate a party for its injury. As a result, a damage award may be more of a "best guess" than a mathematically precise reflection of the harm caused by the liable party.