Slip And Fall Case Value

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If you have a slip and fall claim here in Mississippi – another word for these claims is “premises liability” – your damages are going to be based on a lot of the same categories of damages that other personal injury cases are based upon. We have, generally speaking, two broad categories of damages: what we call economic damages and what we call non-economic damages. Economic damages are things like past medical bills, future medical bills, lost wages, and anticipated lost wages in the future, or sometimes people are injured and have a permanent disability and that leads to lost earning capacity in the future. All of those different things could factor into economic damages, including potentially any property damage, if that’s at play, but it’s usually not in a premises liability or slip and fall case. That would fall in the economic damages part. Non-economic damages are things that we talk about that are recoverable as damages – they’re very real in terms of damages – but they’re not economic in nature. That’s where we get into pain and suffering, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, and loss of consortium— those things that have more of the emotional quality of life component to them that aren’t a direct economic loss, but are very real losses, nonetheless. All of us intuitively know that a person suffers when they have an injury; ultimately, a jury would determine what the value of those are. To summarize, you’re entitled to recovery if you’ve been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence in a premises liability claim. You’re entitled to all the economic damages that you have encountered as a result of those injuries, and you’re entitled to recover for non-economic damages like pain and suffering, loss of enjoyment of life, etc. Occasionally, if the situation warrants it under the law and the defendant has really done some egregious conduct, there’s also potential for what we call punitive damages. Those punitive damages are designed to make an example of that defendant, to punish them so that the conduct changes and it discourages that defendant and others from that type of really egregious conduct. They’re very rare, but, on occasion, punitive damages do come into play on a premises liability claim. If you have other questions or concerns about a potential slip and fall or premises liability claim for you or a loved one, reach out to us via our website or by phone. Here at Brad Morris Law Firm, we’re here to help. We really just want to get you pointed in the right direction so that you’re treated fairly and compensated for those injuries that are the result of someone else’s wrongdoing.