If you have been the victim of a personal injury or accident you may be able to claim two types of compensation. These are general damages and special damages.
General damages are paid as compensation for an injury or accident. For example, you may receive a payment for pain and suffering or loss of future earnings. It is up to the court to decide how much money you will receive, but more often than not, specialist personal injury solicitors will be able to make accurate estimates.
Special damages are paid as compensation for actual financial loss caused directly by the accident up to the date of the hearing. These can include damage to clothing or other belongings, the costs of medical care, travel costs to hospital, medical expenses (including the cost of private treatment) and the cost of hiring and/or repairing a car or vehicle if it has been damaged in the accident.
If a court decides that you were partly to blame for the accident you were involved in, it may reduce the amount of damages you get. An example of this would be if you were involved in an accident but you weren't wearing your seatbelt.
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