Catastrophic injuries often impact a person for the rest of their life. A lifetime is an extended time horizon with a lot of variables. The damages to compensate for catastrophic injuries can therefore be quite a bit higher than for other types of personal injury. The higher a potential damage claim, the more scrutiny that will be given to the proof supporting it.
Losses need to be identified and valued and the evidence to support them must be detailed and specific. Understanding the impact of a catastrophic injury can be medically complicated and require the assistance of experts to determine the full extent of the damage.