Damages, when used in a personal injury cases refers to two different areas of recovery: 1) Economic Damages; and 2) Non-Economic Damages. By no means is this list a comprehensive one, and it is just a short example to give you an idea on how to distinguish the two.
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Economic Damages
Economic damages refers to the amount you are entitled to being compensated for all of the reasonable expense related to your accident. For example, past and future medical expenses are considered economic damages. Any other expenses such as loss of earnings if you missed work because of the accident.
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Non-Economic Damages
Non-economic damages refers to pain and suffering. This area of damages is very subjective and depends on the loss to that particular individual. Pain and suffering, loss of consortium, loss of companionship (intangible) are all in this category of damages.
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