Arizona, like all other states, has specific laws in place to grant legal protections and rights to the victims of a personal injury caused by the negligent actions of another. These laws enable the victim or the victim’s family to recover monetary compensation. In the state of Arizona, the legal word for “monetary compensation” is “damages.”
In most Arizona pedestrian accident lawsuits, the plaintiff (victim) could be awarded compensatory damages and punitive damages. Compensatory damages fall into two separate categories – economic and non-economic damages. Economic damages are designed to compensate the accident victim for expenses such as lost wages, medical expenses, ambulance fees, property damages and any other accident-related expenses. Non-economic damages compensate the victim for pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of consortium and other non-economic damages.