While compensation for your medical bills and other expenses caused by the injury are based upon the actual financial outlay that the injury caused you to make, compensation for pain and suffering is a more subjective analysis. When you only receive compensation for amounts you spent, or wages you lost, because of the injury, you aren’t really fully compensated for the inconvenience and pain of the event. Compensation for pain and suffering will depend upon the nature of the injury, how it impacted your life and how it is anticipated to impact your life in the future. Every single case will be different but, for example, if you were an avid cross country runner prior to your accident, and you broke your knee in the fall, we can argue that the injury resulted in a loss of enjoyment of life, which can add to your pain and suffering compensation.