If there is a failure of duty, a person injured as a result can seek money damages. Virginia law allows a claimant to seek damages for economic and non-economic harm. A defendant may have to pay for medical expenses, including expenses that may arise in the future; all wages lost because of time off work, and any reduction in future earnings that result from the accident; funeral and burial expenses if the accident led to death; pain and suffering; emotional anguish; inconvenience.