How much money can you get for pain and suffering for a broke hand in an accident.
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How much money can you get for pain and suffering for a broke hand in an accident.
Was in a car accident where someone hit the vehicle I was riding in and the air bag deployed and broke my right hand. I am a truck driver and was out of work for 10 weeks.
Asked on August 11, 2016 under Personal Injury, South Carolina
Answers:
S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Since you were just released by the doctor, you should obtain your medical bills, medical reports, and documentation of wage loss. Your personal injury claim filed with the at-fault party's insurance carrier should include those items.
Compensation for the medical bills is straight reimbursement. The medical reports document the nature and extent of your injury and will be used to determine compensation for pain and suffering which is an amount in addition to the medical bills. Compensation for wage loss is straight reimbursement.
There isn't any mathematical formula for determining compensation for pain and suffering. It just depends on the facts of the case and the information in the medical reports.
If you have fully recovered and don't have any residual complaints, I would ask for quintuple the medical bills to compensate for pain and suffering, but NOT expecting to get that. The insurance company will respond with a much lower offer and you can continue negotiating to try for a larger amount.
If you are dissatisfied with settlement offers from the at-fault party's insurance carrier, reject the settlement offers and file a lawsuit for negligence against the at-fault party.
If the case is NOT settled, your lawsuit for negligence against the at-fault party must be filed prior to the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations or you will lose your rights forever in the matter.
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