Someone who was injured in a crash with a vehicle, can receive a car accident compensation. A person can be compensated in several ways. Depending on where a person lives and how the laws are there, he will get a payout. How much money someone will get depends on the severity of his injuries.

If the victim is hurt, he must be compensated for his medical bills. That is the primary cost covered by insurance companies. The most important difference between states is having no-fault insurance and not having that insurance. However, medical expenses must be compensated in both cases.

One can also be compensated for lost wages as the consequence of the injury. If a person is not able to work because of his injury, he should receive at least a part of the salary that he would have earned. This payout may come from several sources.

There are cases where the insurance of the victim covers his lost wages in the situation where he can't work. In some particular cases the insurance of the other party is the one that will be covering these costs.

It depends on the laws in ones state and the circumstances, if someone will be able to sue for suffering and pain. In the states where they have no-fault insurance a person can sue for pain and suffering if his injury was severe. In the states that do not have no-fault insurance one will be able to sue for pain and suffering if the law about fault allows that. One example is if the other party can be blamed for a large part for the accident.

There are also cases where people are suffering emotionally. That can be the case when the victim is disfigured. He will also get a car accident compensation for this. The emotional suffering is something that he will have to deal with in his life.