{"id":749,"date":"2024-03-27T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/?p=749"},"modified":"2024-03-27T11:45:06","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T15:45:06","slug":"how-to-get-compensation-for-pain-and-suffering-after-a-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/how-to-get-compensation-for-pain-and-suffering-after-a-car-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Compensation For Pain And Suffering After A Car Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-751\" src=\"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-27-24-hourglass-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"3-27-24-hourglass-300x200\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-27-24-hourglass-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-27-24-hourglass-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-27-24-hourglass-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/3-27-24-hourglass.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Car accidents can have life-altering repercussions. For many survivors, the road to recovery is anything but straightforward. Even when physical injuries seem likely to heal, other wounds sometimes linger for far longer\u2014making it difficult for victims to get a good night\u2019s sleep, reclaim their self-esteem, or live a life unburdened by pain.<\/p>\n<p>In New York, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/no-fault-insurance.html\">no-fault insurance policies<\/a> ensure a baseline of medical benefits\u2014benefits that can help drivers, and injured passengers, mitigate the costs of routine care. However, insurance settlements often fall short, with payments restricted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfs.ny.gov\/consumers\/auto_insurance\/nofault_faqs\">statute<\/a> and subject to the terms of a motorist\u2019s coverage. Companies are rarely, if ever, required to compensate survivors for pain and suffering.<\/p>\n<p>A personal injury lawsuit, in contrast, provides an opportunity to recover a much wider range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/types-of-damages-in-a-personal-injury-case.html\">economic and non-economic damages<\/a>. Compensation for pain and suffering falls into the latter category, and typically consists of either, or both, of the following components:<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.calljed.com\/blog\/how-to-get-compensation-for-pain-and-suffering-after-a-car-accident\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading How to Get Compensation For Pain And Suffering After A Car Accident\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Car accidents can have life-altering repercussions. For many survivors, the road to recovery is anything but straightforward. Even when physical injuries seem likely to heal, other wounds sometimes linger for far longer\u2014making it difficult for victims to get a good night\u2019s sleep, reclaim their self-esteem, or live a life unburdened by pain. In New York, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,39,16,4,32,36,5,29],"tags":[37,40,11,18,44,9,10,19,20,45,38,17,25,43,41,34],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-atv-accident","category-bicycle-accident","category-bus-accident","category-car-accident","category-motorcycle-accident","category-pedestrian-accident","category-personal-injury","category-truck-accident","tag-attorney","tag-bicycle-injury-lawyer","tag-buffalo","tag-car-accident","tag-compensation","tag-injury","tag-lawyer","tag-liability","tag-mediation","tag-pain-and-suffering","tag-personal-injury","tag-physical-therapy","tag-rochester","tag-safety","tag-tips","tag-truck-accident"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Get Compensation For Pain And Suffering After A Car Accident &#8212; Buffalo Personal Injury Lawyer News &#8212; March 27, 2024<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Car accidents can have life-altering repercussions. 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