Types of Compensatory damages

Question

How many types of Compensatory damages? Explain?

Answer 1

Compensatory damages are of two types:

1. Special:

Special damages compensate the victim for out-of-pocket expenses that are fairly easy to quantify, e.g., medical bills, the cost of repairing a car, or actual lost wages.

2. General damages:

General damages include more speculative items like future loss of earnings due to disability and non-pecuniary (non-monetary) losses such as awards for pain as well as distress, failure in enjoyment of life, also loss of life expectation.