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What is ‘Pain and Suffering’ in a Car Accident Case?

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What is Pain and Suffering?

Pain and suf­fer­ing is the legal term for the phys­i­cal and emo­tion­al stress caused from an injury.

  • Phys­i­cal pain and suf­fer­ing (Spe­cial Damages)
  • Men­tal pain and suf­fer­ing (Gen­er­al Damages)

A well doc­u­ment­ed injury is enti­tled to an award for pain and suf­fer­ing regard­less of the type of accident.

Factors Determining the Amount of Pain & Suffering

The final set­tle­ment an injured per­son receives for their pain and suf­fer­ing depends on many fac­tors. These include:

  • The sever­i­ty of the injury.
  • Type of med­ical treat­ment received.
  • The length of recov­ery time
  • Poten­tial long term con­se­quences of the per­son­al injuries.
  • Emo­tion­al and psy­cho­log­i­cal trauma.
  • Vis­i­ble or inca­pac­i­tat­ing injuries.

Factors the Influence Jury or Settlement Awards

Some of the fac­tors that can change the out­come of an jury or set­tle­ment award are:

  • Socio-eco­nom­ic and juris­dic­tion­al facts, includ­ing recent jury verdicts.
  • If the plain­tiff is a good or bad witness?
  • Plain­tiff is cred­i­ble and believable.
  • Tes­ti­mo­ny of the expert witnesses.
  • Par­tic­u­lar facts sur­round­ing the acci­dent and direct outcome.
  •  Med­ical reports and doc­tors tes­ti­mo­ny per­ti­nent to the cause, the injury and the consequences.
  • Crim­i­nal record.
  • Employ­ment record sup­port­ing the loss of benefits.
  • Finan­cial record sup­port­ing the loss of future benefits.
  • Expe­ri­ence of the Attor­ney rep­re­sent­ing the case for the type of injury.
  • The val­ue or pol­i­cy lim­its of the Defendant.

Free Evaluation of Your Case by an Experienced Car Accident Attorney

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Injured? We Can Help!

Are you some­one who has been injured due to neg­li­gence of some­one else’s fault?  It is impor­tant that you under­stand New Jer­sey laws to make a prop­er and full claim for your injuries, pain and suf­fer­ing and prop­er­ty damage.

What if I Cannot Afford a Lawyer?

All the lawyers in our refer­ral pro­gram work on con­tin­gency fee basis.  This means, that the lawyer only gets paid if they recov­er mon­ey for you from the insur­ance company.

Each Case is Different!

Your case may be impact­ed by “seri­ous injury” thresh­old or the tra­di­tion­al insur­ance cov­er­age for the health­care.  Anoth­er fac­tor that may impact your case can be the New Jer­sey’s “mod­i­fied com­par­a­tive fault” rules.  Statute of lim­i­ta­tions can restrict the fil­ing of your claims and recov­ery. Sim­ply put, each acci­dent, each claim, each injury is unique to it’s set of cir­cum­stances.  And all of these fac­tors impact your ulti­mate med­ical and legal recovery.

Under­stand­ing all these issues and nav­i­gat­ing can be dif­fi­cult for an aver­age person.

Final­ly, get­ting time­ly advice from an expe­ri­enced per­son­al injury attor­ney can make dif­fer­ence in the ulti­mate recov­ery of your claim.

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Why is this important?

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We Know NJ Laws!

Because we live in NJ just like you, we under­stand and know the dif­fer­ence between State and Local traf­fic laws and will be able to guide you through the process of bet­ter health and recov­ery of your damages.

Your Success

We will work hard to find you right kind of attor­ney for your injury and in your local area! And if for some rea­son, after we have done our best and it is not good enough, we will work even hard­er to sat­is­fy your needs.  Our goal is to com­mu­ni­cate with you often.  Lis­ten to your expectations.

We Value Your Inquiry

We are a Prince­ton, New Jer­sey based free Attor­ney Loca­tor for indi­vid­u­als search­ing for a Per­son­al Injury Attor­ney locat­ed in New Jersey.

Were you or a loved one involved in a Car Accident ?


  • Seek Med­ical Care As Soon As Possible
  • Noti­fy the Insur­ance Provider if your Loved One Cannot
  • Be Aware of Time Lim­its to Your Finan­cial Claim
  • Pro­tect the Legal Rights

Our Attorneys Can Help, No Matter the Injury

  • Bro­ken Bones: Per­son­al injury cas­es often involve bro­ken bones sus­tained from acci­dents like slips, falls, or car col­li­sions, lead­ing to poten­tial long-term pain and impaired mobility.
  • Facial Injuries: Per­son­al injuries to the face, such as lac­er­a­tions or frac­tures, can result from var­i­ous inci­dents like dog bites or vehi­cle crash­es, caus­ing both phys­i­cal and emo­tion­al distress.
  • Neck Injuries: Whiplash or oth­er neck injuries stem­ming from car acci­dents or work­place inci­dents can cause last­ing dis­com­fort and may require exten­sive med­ical treat­ment or rehabilitation.
  • Back Injuries: Per­son­al injury vic­tims can expe­ri­ence back injuries like her­ni­at­ed discs or spinal cord dam­age due to acci­dents, often result­ing in chron­ic pain and reduced qual­i­ty of life.
  • Child Injuries: Young chil­dren may suf­fer per­son­al injuries, such as head trau­ma or bro­ken bones, in acci­dents like play­ground mishaps or car crash­es, caus­ing emo­tion­al and finan­cial strain on families.
  • Wrong­ful Death: The trag­ic loss of a loved one due to some­one else’s neg­li­gence or wrong­ful act can lead to per­son­al injury claims for wrong­ful death, help­ing fam­i­lies seek jus­tice and finan­cial com­pen­sa­tion for their loss.

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