{"id":3764,"date":"2011-08-31T09:07:33","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T16:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2011-08-31T09:07:33","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T16:07:33","slug":"how-much-injury-case-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/es\/how-much-injury-case-worth\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfCu\u00e1nto vale mi caso de lesiones personales en Portland?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are considering filing a personal injury case in Portland, you should be thinking about how much your personal injury claim is actually worth<\/strong>. This is called \u201cdamages\u201d \u2013 how much money will compensate you for your losses of property, health, peace of mind, etc.<\/p>\n

Of course, you are thinking, \u201cNo money could compensate me for the stress and anguish I\u2019ve endured from this accident,\u201d but the point of personal injury lawyers is to fight to at least get you some monetary compensation, even if it\u2019s not the answer to all your physical and emotional hardships.<\/p>\n

In a successful personal injury case, monetary damages are paid to the injury victim to the defendant (or, in most cases, the defendant\u2019s insurance company). This amount can be agreed upon during negotiations between the personal injury lawyer and the insurance company\u2019s adjusters and lawyers, or the amount can be ordered by a judge (after a trial or arbitration). Either way, it\u2019s hard to say how much money will be awarded because there are so many different factors that must be considered when determining how much the personal injury claim is worth.<\/p>\n

There are two types of damages in a personal injury claim, and it is the personal injury lawyer\u2019s job to try and determine how much all of these damages are worth<\/strong> \u2013 and use this information to make a demand upon the defendant\u2019s insurance company. As you will see, determining this amount is complicated so do not call a personal injury lawyer\u2019s office and demand to know how much your case is worth \u2013 no good lawyer will give you a figure without first gathering information from you.<\/p>\n

The first type of damages are called Compensatory Damages<\/strong>. This means that this money is meant to compensate you for what you\u2019ve lost, which can be difficult because not all losses are monetary. Despite this, personal injury lawyers need to attempt to put a dollar figure on the losses sustained by the injury victim.<\/p>\n

Compensatory damages include:<\/p>\n