Category: Personal Injury

The compensation available during a personal injury claim in California has two parts: compensatory and punitive damages. Compensatory damages pay a victim for the financial, physical and emotional losses suffered in a preventable accident. Examples of compensatory damages include medical…

A damage award is an amount of financial compensation given to the injured party in an accident for someone else’s negligence or fault. It repays an injured party for the losses he or she sustained because of the defendant’s wrongdoing….