| Personal injuries are probably one of the most | | | | general or special. General damages allow you to seek |
| common things that happen in our everyday life. If you | | | | recovery for the non-monetary aspects of you |
| are involved in an accident or just sustain a personal | | | | damage and special damages for monetary. The |
| injury, or someone’s negligence or intentional | | | | non-monetary aspects can include pain and suffering, |
| actions result as harm to you, you are always able to | | | | impaired ability to live as you did before your accident, |
| fill a lawsuit and receive some compensation. On the | | | | loss of a loved one and loss of reputation. It is very |
| other side if you are the one who is fully or particularly | | | | difficult to calculate the monetary value of these |
| responsible for someone else’s injury, it will be good | | | | losses. If the damages include calculations of your loss |
| to be aware of the possible consequences. So | | | | of ability to enjoy life, it is called hedonic damages. Just |
| basically general knowledge about personal injuries is | | | | like the other non-monetary damages it is hard to |
| useful for everyone. This article will be about types of | | | | calculate the value of compensation, because the initial |
| personal injuries and the compensations that you can | | | | value of life is not stated in any of the laws. |
| charge or you’ll be charged with. | | | | There are also, special damages that are not such a |
| There are different types of damages; after you have | | | | complicated thing. This type of damages allows you to |
| sustained a personal injury you will be able to recover | | | | seek recovery for the monetary expenses you |
| damages for obvious things as medical bills, property | | | | accrued due to your injury or harm, for example |
| damage, pain and suffering and even such things as | | | | medical bills, lost wages and cost of repairing damaged |
| the loss of ability to earn income or even the loss of | | | | property. It all can be compensated under special |
| the ability to enjoy life. Generally these damages are | | | | damages, just be sure to keep all the bills for |
| classified as compensatory. These damages are | | | | treatment or the damage reports. |
| awarded to the person who suffered physical or | | | | The best one who can help you with defining the type |
| emotional harm from the accident. It is important to | | | | of your damage and the corresponding charges is a |
| remember that if you are partially responsible for your | | | | personal injury lawyer. In most of the cases, it |
| injuries, or for the accident, the compensation may be | | | | doesn’t matter if the damage was emotional of |
| limited. | | | | physical or you suffered financial difficulties, there are |
| The compensatory damages you may experience | | | | always some minor things that are obvious to any |
| from a tort (don’t worry, tort is a legal term | | | | experienced lawyer. We will tell you how to find a |
| referring to a civil wrong that results in damages to | | | | good personal injury lawyer in our next article. |
| another person, persons’ property or rights) can be | | | | |