{"id":223,"date":"2021-09-13T19:14:35","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T19:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seidmanlaw-net.lawblogger.net\/blog\/factors-that-affect-compensation-for-a-personal-injury-claim\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T15:35:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T20:35:24","slug":"factors-that-affect-compensation-for-a-personal-injury-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/factors-that-affect-compensation-for-a-personal-injury-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Factors That Affect Compensation for a Personal Injury Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"item-meta h3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/category\/personal-injury\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Personal Injury<\/a> | September 13, 2021<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/factors-that-affect-compensation-for-a-personal-injury-claim.jpg\" alt=\"Factors That Affect Compensation for a Personal Injuyry Claim\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anytime a person sustains an injury caused by the careless, negligent, or intentional actions of someone else, they should be able to recover compensation for their losses. In general, this will mean the ability to recover economic and non-economic damages, such as medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering damages, property damage expenses, and more. However, there are a variety of factors that go into determining how much compensation is awarded for a <a href=\"\/chicago-personal-injury-attorney\/\">personal injury claim<\/a> in Illinois. Here, we want to examine some of the main factors that could influence compensation for these claims.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. The severity of the injuries<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seidmanlaw.net\/blog\/factors-that-affect-compensation-for-a-personal-injury-claim\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Factors That Affect Compensation for a Personal Injury Claim\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personal Injury | September 13, 2021 Anytime a person sustains an injury caused by the careless, negligent, or intentional actions of someone else, they should be able to recover compensation for their losses. In general, this will mean the ability to recover economic and non-economic damages, such as medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Factors That Affect Compensation for a Personal Injury Claim<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out what factors affect the value of your injury settlement. 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