What Kind of Damages Might Be Awarded in a Brain or Spinal Cord Injury Case?

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the damages that are awarded in cases
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generally fall into two categories
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economic damages and non-economic
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damages economic damages generally are
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wages that is somebody is no longer able
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to work they are compensated for their
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future and past lost wages and then the
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other economic damage is Medical Care
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both past Medical Care although
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sometimes there are leans on that care
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as well as future medical care that’s
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why bringing in the right experts in
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Rehabilitation Life Care planning and
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economics are particularly important to
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price out the cost of that future
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medical care for the rest of a person’s
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life on the non-economic front there are
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damages that include most importantly
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pain and suffering the pain and
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suffering that a person goes through for
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the rest of their life but there are
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also damages where uh if you are
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apparent then uh there is loss of
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Consortium damages for your children
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there are spousal damages in Consortium
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for changes in the marital relationship
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all those things fall within the
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category of non-economic damages