Attorney Steven Gacovino Explains The Types Of Compensation You Could Receive After A Car Accident
Video Transcript
Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media
Hi, this is Ray Hrdlicka, your host for Attorneys.Media, and today we have personal injury attorney Steven Gacovino from Long Island, New York, sitting with us talking about his practice and all the legal issues he can help for people who get injured in their daily life. So let’s get right into it.
Steve, I wanted to ask you, what type of compensation can you recover after a car accident? Because people are wondering, I got hurt. Now what happens? What do I get out of this?
Steven Gacovino – Personal Injury Attorney – Suffolk County (Long Island), New York
Okay. Well, that’s… that’s a great question. Primarily what we’re looking for is is compensation for somebody’s pain and suffering. There’s some other nuances with respect to lost wages, and that evaluation changes, whether it’s a car accident or some other type of accident. But yes, lost wages is going to be part of it. Pain and suffering is going to be part of it. They’re both economic and non-economic damages.
Other specific damages that might come into play could be excess medical that you needed to pay. There might be, there might be compensation from extra expenses that you need to undertake, such as hiring somebody to run your household. But true out-of-pocket expenses become line-item damages when you’re evaluating a personal injury case.
