It's often in a victim's best interest to
explore civil injury case options, since restitution orders often only take into account actual damages and often do not calculate payouts based on intangible losses, such as pain and suffering and mental anguish.
While some criminal courts will impose orders of restitution on convicted offenders to be paid to the victim (s), this is separate and apart from
civil liability, which should be
explored in cases involving serious
injuries.