In some situations, an injured worker can file a lawsuit against a third party for his/her injuries, in addition to obtaining workers’ compensation benefits. Unlike the workers’ compensation system, the tort system allows an injured person who prevails in a lawsuit to receive compensation for lost wages (past, present and future), pain and suffering, property damage, loss of monetary support, loss of consortium, disfigurement and sometimes punitive damages. [January 2014, 294 word article]