{"id":1038,"date":"2017-01-02T15:56:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T15:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2017-01-02T15:56:30","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T15:56:30","slug":"explanation-of-pain-and-suffering-in-a-personal-injury-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/explanation-of-pain-and-suffering-in-a-personal-injury-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Explanation of Pain and Suffering in a Personal Injury Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_1045\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Personal-Injury-Indianapolis-Indiana-1-300x226.jpeg\" alt=\"Indianapolis Accident Lawyers 317-881-2700\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1045\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1045\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indianapolis Accident Lawyers 317-881-2700<\/p><\/div>When a person is wrongly injured as a result of another\u2019s negligence, they may be entitled to certain compensation to cover their losses and damages. Losses and damages generally include economic losses that can be calculated monetarily, such as hospital bills, medical expenses, lost work wages, and more. But sometimes, a victim can also receive compensation for non-economic damages and losses, such as prolonged physical pain, permanent disfigurement, a loss of limb, lengthy physical therapy, a loss of companionship, reduced quality of life, mental anguish, and more. <\/p>\n<p>All of these damages, both economic and non-economic, fit under the umbrella category of \u201cpain and suffering.\u201d Continue reading to learn more about pain and suffering in a personal injury case.<\/p>\n<h1>What is Pain and Suffering?<\/h1>\n<p>The phrase, \u201cpain and suffering\u201d is a common legal term used in personal injury practices to describe economic and non-economic damages and losses a person may experience after sustaining a serious injury or being involved in a serious accident. The term is meant to describe both physical and nonphysical harm that resulted from such trauma. <\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1047\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Pain-and-Suffering-Lawyer-Indianapolis-Indiana-2.jpg\" alt=\"Personal Injury Lawyers 317-881-2700\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1047\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Personal Injury Lawyers 317-881-2700<\/p><\/div>Physical injuries include everything from flesh wounds and muscle injuries, to spinal cord injuries, nerve injuries, brain injuries, and more. Non-physical injuries include emotional mental trauma such as fear, anxiety, grief, worry, insomnia, a loss of enjoyment for one\u2019s life, and more. <\/p>\n<p>Since it is difficult to provide evidence to prove non-physical injuries without a reasonable doubt, it is necessary to have an experienced personal injury lawyer to navigate, negotiate, and settle your claim. They have the skills, experience, knowledge, and resources to ensure your rights to compensation, and to protect you from aggressive insurance adjusters and unfair settlements. Be sure to choose an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\" target=\"_blank\">Indianapolis personal injury attorney<\/a> that has extensive trial and litigation experience. They will have what it takes to recover the full and fair compensation you deserve for the pain and the suffering you\u2019ve experienced as a victim of a serious accident.<\/p>\n<h2>Indianapolis Personal Injury Law Firm<\/h2>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_578\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Personal-Injury-Attorney-Indianapolis-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Personal Injury Attorney Indianapolis\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Personal-Injury-Attorney-Indianapolis-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Personal-Injury-Attorney-Indianapolis-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Personal-Injury-Attorney-Indianapolis.jpg 1076w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Personal Injury Attorneys 317-881-2700<\/p><\/div>Call Craven, Hoover, and Blazek P.C. at 317-881-2700 if you need an experienced <strong>Indianapolis personal injury attorney<\/strong> who you can trust. Seasoned accident lawyers, <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105220562382553680698\/posts?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Daniel Craven<\/a>, Ralph Hoover, and Keith Blazek, have practiced personal injury law for decades. Our law firm offers free initial consultations and never collects lawyer fees unless we prevail for you! <strong>Call 317-881-2700<\/strong> to schedule yours today, and get started toward a brighter future with the settlement you deserve. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a person is wrongly injured as a result of another\u2019s negligence, they may be entitled to certain compensation to cover their losses and damages. Losses and damages generally include economic losses that can be calculated monetarily, such as hospital &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/explanation-of-pain-and-suffering-in-a-personal-injury-case\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[516,90,588,589,587],"class_list":["post-1038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury","tag-indianapolis-personal-injury-attorney","tag-indianapolis-personal-injury-law-firm","tag-pain-and-suffering-compensation","tag-sue-for-pain-and-suffering","tag-what-is-pain-and-suffering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1038"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1051,"href":"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1038\/revisions\/1051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chblawfirm.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}