Damages and Valuation
Injury Damages
Medical specials refer to the quantified medical expense component of a damages claim. The term derives from the distinction between special damages, which are calculable, and general damages, which are not.
Specials frequently anchor non-economic damages demands.
Alternative Names:
Special Damages (Medical), Medical Damages
Why it Matters?
The anchoring function is why specials matter beyond their own value, since plaintiffs commonly demand a multiple of medical specials for pain and suffering. Reducing the specials through causation and reasonableness challenges therefore reduces the non-economic demand proportionally. Treatment generated primarily to build specials rather than to address symptoms is the pattern that supports the argument.
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