You could recover several different types of damages in an Alabama personal injury lawsuit. One is called economic damages, which compensate you for financial losses like your medical expenses, lost wages, and damaged personal property. Another type is called non-economic damages, which cover your less tangible losses, like pain and suffering, emotional distress, and lost quality of life. Additionally, if the person who hurt you did so while they were acting in a particularly egregious way, you can seek punitive damages from them. These are meant to punish bad behavior rather than to compensate you for a particular loss.
