Legal Question in Personal Injury in Kentucky
pain and suffering
is there a formula for determining amount an insurance
company awards
Asked on 12/30/00, 1:02 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
E. Brian Davis
Davis Law Office
Re: pain and suffering
The short answer is no. However, some try to estimate what
might be awarded by determining the amount of "special damages" --
which include such easily quantifiable things as medical costs --
and multiplying the amount of "specials" by a number to get total damages.
So you will hear people talking about getting five times specials or
three times specials or whatever, but it is only a way of guesstimating.
Answered on 1/08/01, 4:06 am