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4. What compensation needs to be made after an auto accident? Millions of auto accidents occur each year, injuring people and
damaging property. Where a matter is very minor, many people file the
needed reports with the police, tell their insurance companies, and go on
with their lives, paying the losses out of pocket. But all too often the
matter is not minor, and can cost you significant amounts
You & the Law I
As you know, if you suffer a personal injury you'll likely require
medical attention and may need rehabilitation,
both of which cost money.
You may lose income (and/or have to use up "sick time") because
of the injury, and
while treatment and recovery takes place. You may have
sustained property damage to your car and other
property. As you can't
drive your vehicle while it is being repaired, you may have to rent one,
and car repairs
while or long
term. You may endure pain and suffering.
The law permits you to seek recovery after an accident to
"make you whole again." The central concept
is that you should
be compensated in a manner that, as best as the law can arrange, places
you back in the
same position as you were before the accident.
In addition to normal compensatory damages designed to make someone
whole, in extreme cases "punitive
damages" may be available if
the injury was the result of someone else's extremely reckless or
irresponsible behavior.
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