When it comes to calculating the damages for motorcycle accidents, it can usually be broken down into four main categories.
Medical Expenses
This includes both your medical expenses from the accident so far, as well as predicted medical expenses for completing your treatment. The goal here is to get you as close as possible to your original condition. This could include hospital bills, physical therapy, surgeries, or medication required for your recovery, among other things.
Lost Wages
This covers the wages you could have earned during the time you were recovering from your accident, as well as potential future earnings that were lost. If your leg was mangled in an accident, preventing you from working in your field in the future, this would cover that as well.
Property Damage
This most frequently includes damage to your motorcycle. This could be the cost of getting your motorcycle repaired, if possible, or compensation for its value according to the Kelley Blue Book value for your motorcycle, which may include depreciation for its age and condition.
Pain and Suffering
Being in a motorcycle accident can be traumatizing, and the law accounts for that. Suffering from PTSD related to the accident, damage to the injured person’s relationships with their family or spouse (“loss of consortium”), or compensation for a family’s primary provider being unable to work might all be involved here.
While there may sometimes be other types of damages specific to your case, and an attorney will be better able to help you go over the details, these are the basic types of damages typically compensated for in an accident.