P&C Damages
Damages: Property, Bodily, Special, General, Punitive
- Damages are the money that a person pays out when they have caused damage to someone/something.
There are three types of Damages and two sub-categories:
- Property – Physical damage to tangible property like a car, house, street sign, building, etc.
- Bodily – Physical trauma to a person including the emotional and mental anguish from the injury.
- Special – Specific out of pocket costs for medical, bills, lost wages, etc. (easy to assess).
General – Payments for pain and suffering, mental anguish (based on feelings, subjective).
Punitive – Having to make extra payments as punishment for outrageous behavior.
Most of these are easy to remember, but the two subcategories are a little tricky. Here is a way to remember them.
$pecial – There is a bill that needs to be paid, you can add it up and count it.
General – Based on what a Judge or Jury feels is right, play off of G and J sounding similar.
Recommended: Gold
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