Under Part A of the Personal Auto Policy, the term 'bodily injury' includes which of the following damages a plaintiff may recover?
Explanation
Part A defines 'bodily injury' as bodily harm, sickness or disease, including death resulting from any of these. Once that physical injury has occurred, damages flowing from it — past and future medical expenses, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, pain and suffering, emotional distress, and other non-economic damages — are all recoverable up to the policy's BI limits. Pure economic loss without physical injury is generally not 'bodily injury'.
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