A homemaker is a worker too If a homemaker sustains an injury which renders the individual unable to perform services for a family, case law demonstrates that although there is no weekly paycheck, there is an economic value attached to running a household and raising a family. These valuable and necessary services are quantifiable, as opposed to non-economic damages, and should be justly compensated. Just as we would advocate for our own family members, there's no question that injured patients should be fully compensated for the cost of their care and for their economic losses. The real travesty of justice here is the amount of a health care liability award which goes to the lawyers, not to the injured patient. Only 43 cents of each liability dollar goes to injured patients.
Lawyers get most of the rest.