What Are The Kinds of Damages Given in Personal Injury Lawsuit

Personal Injury accidents are very common and can happen to anyone at any time. If you get into a personal injury accident and get injured as a result of it, you can have a personal injury claim. If the accident occurred due to the neglect of someone else, you may file a personal injury compensation claim and get compensation for the damages caused by the accident. You must be compensated for the physical, mental, and financial pain caused by the accident. Personal injury law is there to protect the accident victims and compensate them for their loss and bring the responsible to the justice.

There are many types of damages that are involved in a particular personal injury case. These damages might include but not limited to property damages, medical bills, hospital bills, loss of income and wages for present and future, pain and suffering, loss of ability to enjoy life, loss of companionship (in case of death) etc. These kinds of damages are called compensatory damages. These damages are given to the injured victims who get hurt in the accident. In some cases the damages are awarded to the family of the victims if the victim died in the accident. If victim shares the partial responsibility of the accident, the compensation will be reduced.

The second type of damages awarded in the compensation claim is general damages. General damages permit you to get compensation for the non-monetary and monetary damages. Pain and suffering, impaired ability to live normally, loss of reputation and loss of loved one are defined as non- monetary damages. It is very difficult to calculate the monetary value of these losses. The damages are termed as hedonic damages, if the loss of ability to enjoy life is included in the compensation. Hedonic damages are difficult to determine because the law cannot define or calculate the value of life and due to the loss of ability to enjoy life can't be calculated.

Another kind of damages is special damages that are easier to calculate. Special damages include monetary expenses which you bear due to the injury sustained in your accident. Special damages might include cost of repairing damaged property, loss of salary and wages etc. These damages can be claimed under special damages; therefore it is very important to keep bills for treatment or the damage reports.

If you want to know more about different sorts of damages, discuss with a personal injury lawyer. He or she can define the kind of your damage and the corresponding. In a case where you should file for a compensation claim, you don't dig into details of different kinds of damages that may be claimed in the compensation claim. The types of damages that can be claimed are very obvious to an experienced personal injury lawyer because he or she should have experience in representing the injured victims like you.