Depending on the type and extent of your personal injury, you may be eligible for compensatory damages for all losses and expenses you incur, and punitive damages. Compensatory damages may include the recovery of money for the following:
- Medical bills;
- Lost Wages;
- Pain & Suffering;
- Physical Disability;
- Disfigurement;
- Permanent Scars;
- Emotional Trauma;
- Mental Anguish;
- Loss of Enjoyment;
- Loss of Love & Affection
- Mental Disability;
- Property Damage; and
- All out of pocket expenses (transportation charges, house cleaning, and others).
Punitive damages are damages that a jury or judge can impose on a defendant for the purpose of punishing the defendant. For example, if the maker of a prescription drug knew that the drug had dangerous side-effects but kept quiet because the drug maker was afraid that it would hurt sales, a judge or jury may award someone who suffered a side-effect money, in the form of a punitive damage, in order to punish the drug company for failing to disclose the side-effect.
