How does personal injury law compensate victims?
The answers from sharpfirm are excellent, and with some "laymen’s clarity, additional information may be helpful, it not essential. One claim number is assigned for personal injury and for property damage. Most insurance companies use two separate adjusters for each catagory. The case value for personal injury is generally assessed by the total amount of medical charges incurred for treatment for the victim. Additional variables, such as out-of-pocket costs for prescriptions, and any payments made to medical providers prior to the settlement can be added to the total. A good rule of thumb to help someone calculate the pain and suffering money awarded for negotiated settlements are 3 times the total cost of medical. So if someones medical cost are $3000, most lawyers would demand a miminum of $9000. From these proceeds, 1/3 would go for medical costs, 1/3 for legal fees and 1/3 awarded to the victim. The pain and suffering money paid to victim is also tax exempt. It’s important to note that any attorney who can negotiate three times the cost of medical would be considered the "gold standard" in recovery’s. Also, these guidelines are based on TN cases and may vary from state to state.
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Damages When your personal injury attorneys prove your case at trial or settle your case, you are usually awarded compensatory damages. Compensatory damages are meant to compensate the victim for the injuries he/she suffered in the accident. To calculate compensatory damages, a monetary value is assigned to a victim’s physical harm and property loss as a result of the personal injury. This monetary value can be actual or estimated. Actual losses include medical bills, lost wages, repair bills or lost of fair market value for an automobile or other property that was harmed as a direct result of the personal injury, and lost wages or earned sick or vacation time. Additionally, there are non-economic damages such as pain and suffering, mental anguish, impairment, disfigurement, pain and suffering. Some causes of action are allow for damages to one’s reputation or business. Indirect victims of the personal injury may also have a legal claim to compensatory damages. Spouses, for example, ca
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