{"id":3248,"date":"2019-06-30T15:32:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-30T22:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottlefirm.com\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2025-09-11T20:33:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T20:33:52","slug":"compensatory-versus-punitive-damages-whats-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottlefirm.com\/es\/2019\/06\/30\/compensatory-versus-punitive-damages-whats-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Compensatory Versus Punitive Damages: What\u2019s the Difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost everything we do on a daily basis poses some amount of risk for personal injury. Driving and getting into a car accident, walking into a store and falling, using a defective product are all common activities that most people engage in on a daily basis which have risks associated with them. When you are injured by no fault of your own in an accident, you may have a feasible personal injury claim. To learn more about your experience and determine the strength of your claim, it is important to speak with experts at a Nevada personal injury law firm<\/a> such as the Cottle Firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damages Defined<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Many times when you hear legal jargon bantered about, the term \u201cdamages\u201d is often used. The losses you have endured as a result of an accident that can be compensated for are considered \u201cdamages.\u201d There are two different types of damages that may recoup monetary compensation for your experience and they are those that are punitive and those that are compensatory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compensatory Damages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

These are the damages that a court can award to a victim<\/a> for the physical and psychological losses endured from the negligent actions of another party. In order to obtain full compensatory damages one must prove:<\/p>\n\n\n\n