If you have been injured, you can recover compensation for economic damages and noneconomic damages. Economic damages include:

• medical bills, now and in the future
• transportation to and from medical appointments
• physical therapy
• lost wages, now and in the future
• property damage
• car rental
• loss of future earning potential
• cost of household services, if you cannot perform your usual household duties

Noneconomic damages include:

• physical and emotional pain and suffering
• loss of enjoyment of life
• disfigurement or physical impairment
• loss of consortium or companionship
• inconvenience

We Must Prove Four Elements to Recover Compensation

We will have to prove four things to prevail in a personal injury case, including:

• The defendant owed you a duty of care: An example may be a store owner that owed you a safe and hazard-free environment where you can shop or a driver that owed you a duty to drive safely so as not to harm you.
• The defendant breached the duty of care: The store owner where you shopped forgot to fix a torn carpet and you slipped and fell or a driver rear-ended you because he was driving too close to your rear bumper.
• You suffered injuries: You slipped and broke your ankle on a torn carpet in a store or injured your neck when the driver behind you hit your car.
• The breach of the duty of care was the proximate cause of your injuries.