When you receive compensation for your injuries in an accident, you usually receive compensatory damages. Compensatory damages cover the things you lost as a result of the accident. The purpose is to make you whole and restore you to the same financial position you were in before you were injured.
What Are Compensatory Damages?
Compensatory damages pay you back for what you lost due to your injury. You might have had to ...
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When someone else causes a car accident, you have the right to sue them for your injuries. You may also want them to be punished for what they did. Punitive damages in a car crash are possible when the other driver did something that's more extreme than a typical car crash.
Can You Get Punitive Damages in a Car Accident Case?
In order to get punitive damages in a car wreck claim, there needs to be something that made the...