How Do You Calculate Pain and Suffering?

How do you calculate pain and suffering? Well, there’s no exact formula, but we consider a lot of factors. The severity and type of injury, the length of treatment, the recovery time, the impact that it’s having on your daily activities and quality of life, the emotional trauma, the mental health effects, the permanent impairment and disability, your age and life expectancy, how the injury affects your relationship, family, and hobbies. We use medical records, expert testimony, and precedent from similar cases to build your pain and suffering claim.

Insurance companies might use what’s called a multiplier method. They’ll use medical records times 1.5 or per diem method where they’re using a daily rate for your pain and suffering. But these are just starting points. Your unique story matters most and how this injury changed your life.