Clients often ask what kinds of damages they can be compensated for in car accident cases. And the basics come from medical bills, lost wages, and gets a little more in-depth with things like permanency and incidentals. Permanency is if there is any sort of scarring. You get value for scarring as well as any lasting pain that cannot go away from the treatment that a client has received and incidentals would include if you are the sole caregiver for a family member, you have to pay someone to come in and help with that. You can get compensated for that as well.