Commercial truck accidents can potentially result in substantial damages, and most cases get settlements designed to include all your past, present, and future expenses. Accident victims may collect economic and non-economic compensatory damages. Economic damages include actual costs, such as lost income, property damage, and medical bills. Non-economic damages include more subjective types of harm incurred, such as pain and suffering, disfigurement, and loss of consortium. Some cases may also result in awards for punitive damages. However, these damages are rare and related to punishing a defendant for particularly egregious acts of negligence, like drunk driving.