If you’re hurt in an accident, it can be extremely scary and overwhelming. When you’re injured, you may have to work with a personal injury attorney to get compensation for damages, which can include economic and non-economic losses.
If you’re hurt, and someone else is at fault for the accident, you’re entitled to reimbursement for any expenses you have due to your injuries and the accident.
To calculate economic damages, things that are considered include:
- The cost of your medical bills
- Whether you’ll require future medical treatment and how much that might cost
- If you had to stay out of work during your recovery
- When you’re expected to be able to return to work
- How much your time away from work could cost you as far as your wages and benefits
- If you’ll need ongoing rehabilitation, physical therapy, or care
- If your injuries are permanent
- Whether property damage occurred
For non-economic damages, which are harder to estimate, factors that go into valuing a case include:
- How long does your recovery take?