Damages is a legal term for a sum of money awarded by a Court and or an insurance company to compensate the loved ones for an injury or death in South Carolina. In South Carolina, wrongful death damages allows survivors to recover many different types of monetary damages, including the death of their deceased family members income and financial support, the loss of the deceased family members companionship, the loss of an expected inheritance, mental anguish and suffering. The surviving family members may be able to recover punitive damages to penalize or punish the at fault party (Defendant) for his or her reckless and or grossly negligent act.