If you’ve been involved in a car accident in Wichita Falls or Dallas, you may be eligible to recover various types of compensation for various damages, including:
- Compensatory Damages: Compensatory damages are damages that are meant to compensate the victim of the accident and make them “whole.” Compensatory damages consist of economic and non-economic damages.
- Economic Damages: Economic damages are damages that are easy to calculate because they have a hard, provable number you can put on them.
- Medical Expenses (Past and Future): You can recover the expenses you have incurred and will incur in the future due to the accident.
- Lost Wages (Past and Future): You can recover any lost wages you have suffered as a result of being forced off work. Additionally, if your injuries are bad enough where you can’t return to work in the same capacity as you did before, you may be entitled to damages called loss of earning capacity.
- Property Damage: You can recover for the cost to repair or replace your vehicle as well as other property that was damaged as a result of the accident.
- Non-Economic Damages: Non-economic damages are damages that are not easy to calculate because they do not have hard, provable numbers behind them and are rather subjective.
- Pain and Suffering: You may be entitled to compensation for your discomfort, emotional distress, and reduced quality of life due to the accident. These damages are certainly more difficult to get because of the subjective nature of them and because they do not have hard numbers behind them.
- Punitive Damages: Punitive damages are damages that are meant to punish the at-fault party for their bad conduct. These damages are only awarded in cases where the at-fault party’s conduct was reckless or especially egregious. Thus, it’s not often that one received punitive damages.
Contact a Wichita Falls and Dallas Car Accident Lawyer
If you or anyone you know has been in a car accident in Wichita Falls or Dallas, contact our car accident lawyer either by calling one of the numbers listed below or filling out our contact form. For Wichita Falls car accidents, contact us at 940-569-4000. For Dallas car accidents, contact us 945-295-0014. We will give you a free evaluation of your case and offer you helpful information on how to proceed.