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How much money is my claim worth?

Damages in Sexual Assault/Abuse Cases Before deciding to commence any type of litigation, it is important to know how much your claim is (reasonably) worth. This is an important discussion you should have with a lawyer. The following is intended to provide some helpful introductory information to have an informative and efficient discussion with a lawyer experienced in this area. It is not intended as legal advice and it may be incomplete and/or out of date. In civil sexual assault/abuse cases, there tend to be 5 major "heads" (or categories) of damages: 1) Pain and suffering damages (also referred to as general and aggravated damages, or non-pecuniary damages) - In civil sexual assault cases, these generally refer to psychological harms a person has suffered as a result of the assault/abuse. Most times, there aren’t any significant physical harms, like broken bones etc., but those types of injuries would be covered by pain and suffering damages as well; 2) Income loss damage