What “Damages” Means
Damages are the money the law awards to compensate for harm. Texas injury law recognizes economic damages (medical bills, lost wages, future care — losses with receipts), non-economic damages (pain, suffering, mental anguish, impairment, disfigurement — human losses without invoices), and, for egregious conduct, exemplary (punitive) damages meant to punish and deter.
Why It Matters in Your Texas Case
The categories matter because insurers pay what’s documented, not what’s suffered. McKay Law builds each category deliberately: economists and life-care planners for future losses, treating physicians for impairment, and the client’s own story — told well — for the human damages juries weigh heaviest. A claim that itemizes every category, with proof attached, is a claim priced at full value; anything less is a discount the insurer keeps.
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