What Type of Monetary Damages Can You Receive?

An engineered stone worker who files a personal injury lawsuit can seek to recover three types of damages: economic, non-economic, and punitive.

Economic damages are for loss of past and future income, loss of past and future wages, future loss of pension, future loss of social security benefits, past and future loss of reasonable value of household services that the plaintiff previously performed, and past and future medical expenses – which can be quite substantial in severe silicosis cases, requiring 1-2 lung transplants.

Non-Economic damages are for pain, distress, anguish, suffering, and loss of enjoyment of life.  Spouses can also receive loss of consortium damages for loss of companionship, love, affection, and marital relations.

Punitive damages are to punish the defendants for their conscious disregard of the rights and safety of workers.

The spouse and children of a deceased engineered stone worker who file a wrongful death lawsuit can seek to recover three types of damages: economic, non-economic, and punitive.

Economic damages are for loss of financial support (generally this consists of support from past and future income, loss of past and future wages, past and future loss of pension, and past and future loss of social security benefits), loss of gifts or benefits, funeral and burial expenses, reasonable value of household services that the decedent previously performed, and past medical expenses – which can be quite substantial in severe silicosis cases, requiring 1-2 lung transplants.

Non-Economic damages are for the decedent’s pain, distress, anguish, suffering, and loss of enjoyment of life.  Additionally, spouses and children are entitled to receive damages for loss of love, companionship, comfort, care, assistance, protection, affection, society, training, and guidance.

Punitive damages are to punish the defendants for their conscious disregard of the rights and safety of workers.