The term pain and suffering refers to the anguish or emotional distress experienced by a victim after an accident. It may refer to physical pain, depression, anxiety, memory loss, physical limitations, and many more.

It is not difficult to prove your medical bills and repair bills after an accident. It’s much harder, however, to prove the amount of pain and suffering you’ve experienced. The Long Island personal injury attorneys at The Odierno Law Firm, P.C. can help you through this difficult process.

There are two basic methods that insurance companies use to calculate pain and suffering- the “per diem” method and the “multiple” method:

• Multiple: The injured party’s economic damages are added up and totaled, and then a multiple from one to five is applied.
• Per Diem: The dollar value of an injured party’s wages per day is assigned and then multiplied by the number of days that an individual was affected by an injury

Our personal injury attorneys in Long Island will aggressively represent you by standing up to insurance companies so that you will not have to endure more stress. Call to discuss your case in detail!