This depends upon the economic losses you suffer as a result of your injury, the pain and suffering it has put you through, and whether or not the liable party has committed similar acts of negligence in the past. Economic losses are fairly easy to determine, as they are things such as medical expenses, lost wages, and the cost of rehabilitation services. On the other hand, pain and suffering and similar non-economic losses require consideration by a jury to properly determine a correct amount, as no dollar amount is necessarily fixed to losing one’s ability to properly memorize their experiences of the day. However, if your injuries are serious enough to impact your daily life, the court will generally award higher amounts of compensation. Finally, you may also be awarded punitive damages. Though rare, punitive damages are received by a victim not necessarily as compensation for their injuries, but as punishment of the liable party for repeated acts of negligence which have led to the victim’s accident and others like it. If your attorney can prove that someone has a history of behavior similar to the one that caused your accident, they could argue for punitive damages.