Compensation should cover economic losses, like medical care, lost wages, and damage to your property. Typically, economic losses are easy to calculate. Just pull out a bill, paystub, or car repair estimate.
You should also receive compensation for non-economic losses like physical pain, mental anguish, depression, and loss of enjoyment of life. These losses are harder to estimate. Two people rarely agree on how much chronic shoulder pain or depression is worth. But we have settled so many claims that we know what is a reasonable amount to request for your suffering.
We also need to consider your own fault. Nevada’s comparative fault law states that your truck accident compensation is lowered proportionally by your degree of fault. So if you are 45% at fault, you will receive only 55% of your damages. The law also states that you cannot receive compensation if you were more than 50% to blame for the collision.