The types of legal damages available to motor vehicle accident victims often depend on the circumstances surrounding each particular accident. For example, if only an individual’s vehicle has been damaged and that individual was not injured during an accident, that victim will not be entitled to seek relief related to pain and suffering or medical bills associated with physical injury.
Damages are often broken into two broad categories: special and general. Special damages are objective and economic, while general damages are more subjective and not tied to a specific expense.