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Old 05-24-2005, 12:57 PM
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Settlement Pain and Suffering amounts?


What is the name of your state? Cal
My wife was in an auto accident in October. She was rear ended by a semi tractor trailor with a 75,000 load of asphalt. Her car was sitting still, the truck was going over 40 MPH. The Car, a Volvo XC70, was totalled. The trucking company is insured by a solid large insurance company and they paid us a very fair price for the car.

My wife has been recieving care from an M.D., Chiro, Physical Therapy, etc. Medical bills will approach 15-20K by the time the treatment is over. She is an executive in her company. She did miss a few days of work, but more importantly, she has had to leave for Dr. Appointments and rehab during the work day and this has been going on for over 7 months. We have a small child and she has had a tough time lifting him, etc. She was an active runner and exercised. Now she is just getting going again, so she lost where she was in that area of physical fitness.

How do we qualify all of those damages? How do we guage a proper settlement amount?
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Old 05-24-2005, 01:28 PM
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Nobody here can tell you an amount. The only way to gauge it is for you and your wife to look at what you're offered and say "That makes us happy." If it doesn't, then you ask for more.

The only fixed parts to the settlement will be the value of the car, the medical bills, and any days she had to take off work right after the accident because she was incapacitated (this does not include follow up dr/chrio/PT appts, those don't apply).
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