DAMAGES YOU CAN RECOVER IN A PERSONAL INJURY CASE
If you are involved in a personal injury case, there are several types of damages you may be able to recover, including:
- Medical expenses: You may be able to recover the cost of medical treatment related to your injuries, including doctor visits, hospital stays, surgery, and medication.
- Lost wages: If your injuries prevent you from working, you may be able to recover lost wages, including future earning capacity if you are unable to return to work in the future.
- Pain and suffering: You may be able to recover damages for physical pain and emotional suffering related to your injuries.
- Property damage: If your personal property was damaged in the incident that caused your injuries, you may be able to recover the cost of repairing or replacing it.
- Loss of consortium: If your injuries have impacted your ability to maintain a relationship with your spouse or partner, you may be able to recover damages for loss of consortium.
- Punitive damages: In some cases, the court may award punitive damages to punish the defendant for particularly egregious behavior.
It’s important to note that the types of damages you can recover and the amount you may be able to recover will vary depending on the specific circumstances of your case. Consulting with an experienced personal injury attorney can help you better understand your options and navigate the legal process.
In a personal injury case, you are generally entitled to full, fair, and just compensation. The factors that are considered in determining whether you are entitled to full, fair and just compensation, include the following:
- Nature, character and extent of your injuries. This includes the effect that your injuries have had on your physical health.
- Your physical pain.
- Physical impairments. This is, whole or partial loss of function or use of a part of your body, whether temporary or permanent.
- Mental suffering or anxiety. Mental suffering is the distress of the mind and may include frustration, temporary embarrassment or indignity caused by your injuries. Anxiety is worries concerning your injury and pain, including worries about future pain reasonably expected to occur.
- Loss of enjoyment of life. This loss may be caused, to a greater or lesser degree, by a total or partial reduction in activities that once brought you satisfaction.
- Inability to perform usual activities. Your inability to perform your usual activities of life including the inability to engage in the basic mechanical body movements of walking, climbing stairs, feeding yourself, driving a car, cooking, house, and yard work, caring for pets, and so forth.
- Humiliation
- Loss of Earnings. If you are unable to work because of someone else’s negligence, then you should be compensated for this.
- Hospital and medical expenses. This includes all reasonable and necessary charges for hospital and medical care facilities, doctors, surgeons, psychologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and any other reasonable and necessary health care treatment.
- Permanent Injury and Expense. f your treating doctor determines, within a reasonable degree of medical certainty, that the injuries you sustained as a result of the incident are permanent, you can also recover all your future medical expenses.
You may be entitled to compensation and more if you have been injured in an accident. We are here to help you with any auto accident in Columbus, any dog bite incident in Columbus, or a truck accident in Columbus.
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