Damages You Are Entitled to in a Personal Injury Case

by Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq. | Dec 21, 2022 | Accidents, Assault / Battery, car accident, Car Accidents, Car Collision, Car Crash, crash, Damages, Defective Products / Products Liability, Fatal Accident, Fatal Crash, pedestrian-accident, Personal Injury, personal injury attorney, slip and fall, Slip and Fall / Premises Liability, trip and fall, Videos, wrong-way crash, Wrongful Death

If you’ve been injured in California, you may be able to collect compensation for your injuries. The amount of damages you can recover is determined by the type of injury and state laws. Generally, you can collect damages for pain and suffering, loss of earnings, and other human losses. However, some states have damage caps that limit your recovery.

There are two main categories of damages in California personal injury cases: special and general. Special damages are easier to calculate than general damages, and are typically easily measurable. They include loss of wages, medical bills, out-of-pocket expenses, and property damages. While the exact amount of these damages may vary depending on the facts of your case, you can typically calculate them through receipts.

If you’ve been involved in a car accident, slip and fall accident, or other personal injury accident in California, you can claim compensation for your lost wages. This includes not only the amount of wages you lost from your employer, but also any bonuses and commissions that you may have earned but lost. In addition to this, you may be able to receive payment for your accumulated time off work.

Economic damages are the more commonly sought damages in personal injury claims in California. These can include past and future medical costs, medical bills, and loss of wages. A skilled attorney from The Law Offices of Norman Gregory Fernandez can help you quantify these damages. When you hire a reputable lawyer from the Fernandez firm, you can expect a strong legal case that can secure you a fair settlement.

Unlike economic damages, general damages are harder to calculate. This is because they can include things such as mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, pain and suffering, permanent emotional harm, and disfigurement, and loss of earning capacity. It is also difficult to estimate the value of non-economic damages. Many injured Californians express frustration with calculating these amounts, and they often seek help from a reputable attorney.

You can recover these types of damages in California if you are the victim of third-party negligence, and even if you are a passenger in a vehicle that was uninsured.

Uninsured drivers are generally only able to recover economic damages due to Proposition 213. To determine the value of your non-economic damages, you must prove the amount of lost earnings and other financial earnings that you would have had if you had not been involved in the accident. For example, if you lost three days of work following an accident, your lost earnings are worth $2,000.

Even though you can recover compensation for non-economic damages, you cannot receive punitive damages. Punitive damages are only awarded in a personal injury suit if the defendant’s conduct was intentional or reckless. Generally, punitive damages cannot exceed three times the amount of compensatory damages. Depending on the specific facts of your case, you may be able to get punitive damages in addition to your economic and special damages.

Using an experienced California personal injury lawyer from the Law Office of Norman Gregory Fernandez is an excellent way to maximize your compensation. They can argue for the severity of your injuries and argue that the defendant’s behavior was malicious or reckless. Whether you are recovering from a car accident, a slip and fall, or some other type of injury, you need to make sure that you get the full value of your losses.

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Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq. Founder and Attorney at Law

Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., is a top rated, nationally recognized Senior Attorney at Law, and the founder of The Law Offices of Norman Gregory Fernandez & Associates, a California personal injury law firm. He is the proud father of two adult daughters, and four grandchildren. Mr. Fernandez is an aggressive trial lawyer who has almost 3 decades of experience handling Personal Injury, and other types of legal matters, throughout the State of California. Mr. Fernandez has been made a member of the Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, by the National Trial Lawyers Association. He was also named one of the 10 Best by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys for the year 2016-2017. He handles cases which include but are no limited to: car, bus, and other motor vehicle accidents, slip and fall, trip and fall, traumatic brain injury, medical malpractice, and physical torts such as assault and battery, wrongful death, and many other types of personal injury and civil litigation cases. Being an avid motorcycle rider himself, Mr. Fernandez is intimately familiar with the special problems related to motorcycle accidents. Mr. Fernandez has successfully handled thousands of personal injury cases over the years. He has also handled many types of premises liability cases, (slip and fall, trip and fall, etc.) which are known as in the personal injury world as the most difficult types of personal injury cases to litigate. He earned a Juris Doctor Degree from The University of La Verne College of Law, and is licensed to practice law in the State of California by the California Supreme Court. Mr. Fernandez has also been admitted to practice law before The United States Federal Court, Central District, The United States Federal Court, Eastern District, and The United States Federal Court, Northern District. Mr. Fernandez is or has been a member of The California State Bar, The American Bar Association, The Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the Beverly Hills Bar Association. Norman Gregory Fernandez is a past member of the American Bar Association Advisory Panel. Norman Gregory Fernandez was asked to speak at the Sandra Day O’Conner School of Law, at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, by the American Bar Association’s “Legal Rebel’s” project, on April 6, 2011. Mr. Fernandez was asked by the American Bar Association to speak at their annual convention on August 5, 2010, in San Francisco, California. He has been in the media and in legal publications. Attorney Fernandez was featured in NBC News, CBS News, and Fox News in November, 2021. Norman Gregory Fernandez, Esq., appeared on CBS News on July 18, 2013 An article about Norman Gregory Fernandez appears in the American Bar Association Journal magazine, February 1, 2011. Mr. Fernandez appeared on NBC news on October 19, 2010. Norman Gregory Fernandez was interviewed and quoted in the Press Enterprise newspaper on August 24, 2010. Mr. Fernandez appears in the American Bar Association online Journal, August 5, 2010. Norman Gregory Fernandez was mentioned in a Los Angeles Times article on May 5, 2009. Norman Gregory Fernandez was featured in the San Fernando Valley Business Journal, March 3-16, 2008 edition. Mr. Fernandez wrote a legal article that was published in The Reporter, a general circulation publication based in Long Beach, CA, December 12, 2008. An Interview of Norman Gregory Fernandez appears in the January 2001, edition of Managing Partner Magazine. An extensive interview of Mr. Fernandez was published in the January 2000 issue of California Lawyer Magazine. Mr. Fernandez was quoted in the December/ January 2000 issue of Law Office Computing. Mr. Fernandez wrote an article which was published in the April/ May 1999 issue of Law Office Computing Magazine. An article was written about Mr. Fernandez which was published in the May 1999 issue of Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine. Avvo, a premier attorney rating service has given Mr. Fernandez a perfect 10 out of 10 rating. Mr. Fernandez is an aggressive lawyer who enjoys getting results for his clients. He can be reached at 800-816-1529.

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