Compensation you are entitled to in your California Personal Injury Case

You are entitled to various layers of compensation for your California Personal Injury case. The information presented below will help you to understand the compensation to which you are entitled. For expert help call us at 800-816-1529.

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Compensation you are entitled to in your California Personal Injury Case

General Damages

General Damages encompass the following non-out-of-pocket expenses:

PAIN

You have the right to compensation for the pain you have endured and will endure in the future as a result of your California Personal Injury Accident.

Pain is categorized as Severe, Moderate, Mild, and Mild. Either it is continuous or intermittent. Occasionally, pain is rated on a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 representing the least amount of pain and 10 representing the most.

Chronic pain is pain that lasts for an extended period of time or for the remainder of a person’s life. Chronic pain is typically the most significant aspect of your losses.

It is difficult to quantify the cost of suffering. Without the element of future pain, your claim for pain-related damages may be worthless.

SUFFERING

You are entitled to monetary compensation for the pain and suffering you have endured and will endure as a result of your California Personal Injury Accident.

Frequently, accidents and injuries lead to alterations in lifestyle, depression, anxiety, neurosis, and relationship issues.

It is difficult to quantify the worth of suffering. Nevertheless, you should be compensated for your pain.

LOSS OF ENJOYMENT OF LIFE

You are entitled to monetary compensation for the loss of enjoyment of life incurred as a result of your injuries sustained in the California personal injury accident.

Loss of enjoyment of life encompasses all of the activities you used to enjoy before the accident that you can no longer do, have difficulty doing, or temporarily can no longer do.

Hobbies, sporting activities, dancing, going to dinner or the movies, intimate relations with a spouse or significant other, spending quality time with children, spouses, friends, or significant others, etc., are examples of a loss of enjoyment of life. Loss of enjoyment of life encompasses all of the activities you once enjoyed but can no longer do, have difficulty doing, or have been temporarily unable to do. You should be compensated for your diminished quality of life.

EMOTIONAL DISTRESS

After sustaining a personal injury, all humans can and do experience some form of nervousness, anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, post-traumatic stress, flashbacks, or a combination thereof.

Even the most resilient individuals experience emotional distress as a result of their injury accident.

Even if you do not need to see a psychiatrist or psychologist, you are eligible for compensation for emotional distress.

Loss of Earning Capacity

In a personal injury lawsuit, California law permits the plaintiff to recover damages for “loss of earning capacity.” The plaintiff is compensated for work-related income that is likely to be lost in the future due to an accident or other wrongful act.

SPECIAL DAMAGES

Special Damages consist solely of losses incurred as a result of your Personal Injury Accident in California.

LOSS OF INCOME

You are entitled to monetary compensation for any income loss incurred as a result of the accident.

If you will experience future income loss, the amount of that loss will be determined.

However, the likelihood of future income losses must be reasonable.

Loss of earning capacity is either a temporary inability to work or a permanent disability that hinders a person’s ability to compete in the job market.

The defense should compensate for the loss of earning capacity at a reasonable rate.

EXPENSES

Expenses include property damage, loss of use of a vehicle, medical bills, prescriptions, travel to and from the doctor, and any other cost associated with your California Personal Injury claim.

You should receive monetary compensation for all reasonable and necessary expenses that you incurred as a result of the accident.

The defense is responsible for both past and future costs. Nonetheless, as with Income Loss, the loss must be reasonably certain to occur.

In California, you are compensated for the cost of repairing your vehicle up to its FAIR MARKET VALUE. If the cost of repairs exceeds the vehicle’s fair market value, you will only receive the vehicle’s fair market value.

The fair market value of a vehicle is not its “blue book” value; rather, it is its street value. For example, if you search online for a car of the same year, make, and model in the same condition, the fair market value of your vehicle would be the average price in your area for that vehicle.

For more information about what damages you are entitled to in your California Personal Injury case call The Law Offices of Norman Gregory Fernandez & Associates now at 800-816-1529.

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