Is there a limit to how much you can recieve for pain and suffering.I was not allow to do any work for three weeks and restricted for two more
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Is there a limit to how much you can recieve for pain and suffering.I was not allow to do any work for three weeks and restricted for two more
Asked on June 30, 2009 under Accident Law, Louisiana
Answers:
David D. Kervin, Jr. / Law Office of David Kervin, Jr., LLC
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
Yes, there is a limit. If no bones were broken or you didn't receive anything more serious than soft-tissue injuries, courts generally limit pain and suffering to about $2,000 to $4,000 per month of pain suffered. Of course, this is in addition to wages lost, medical bills and other special items.
B. B., Member, New Jersey Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 14 years ago | Contributor
I'm not a Louisiana attorney, so I don't know if the law in your state has a tort limit for these damages. However, if there is, I doubt that your case will come out high enough to worry about that.
You suffered a reasonably serious injury, and it should be worth fairly substantial compensation. How any particular set of injuries is valued, varies by the place where the case would go to trial, and often the skill of your attorney makes a difference as well. One place to find qualified personal injury lawyers is our website, http://attorneypages.com
Where there are state laws limiting pain and suffering, they impact mostly on the people who most need compensation, those who have had extremely serious injuries and, often, are permanently disabled.
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