What is pain and suffering in a civil claim?
Pain and Suffering in a Civil Claim pertains to the tort injuries. Any tort, unlike a contract, an injured victim can sue for their pain and mental anguish, as well as their suffering. So if someone gets shot in the leg and they’re under extreme pain because of a severed nerve for example, a jury can calculate an award of pain and suffering often based upon what they feel is a fair amount for this person to have to suffer for the rest of their lives. So for example, it might be worth to a jury $30 dollars a day over this person’s lifetime. So the jury would multiply that $30 dollars a day times the expected life of the plaintiff in order to award compensation for pain and suffering.
