General damages compensate an injured party for non-monetary damages resulting from the injury to include pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of consortium or companionship and other harms caused by the injury. Special damages cover expenses or other monetary losses related to an injury. Some common types of special damages include loss of wages when someone is unable to work following an injury; loss of future earnings; medical bills incurred to treat the injury; future medical expenses; other expenses related to the injury.