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Checklist of Medical Items and Dates

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You can help your Bloomington auto accident attorney by creating a checklist of medical items and expenses that can be used as evidence of both your injury and the costs incurred to treat it.

Maintaining a Medical Checklist

It is a good idea to create and maintain a list of medical items, as this will be only part of the overall information your Bloomington auto accident attorney needs to form a settlement offer. To win your case, he or she will need as much information as possible regarding your expenses and ways in which the accident affected your life.

“Medical Trips” List

Record the date of your visitations to a doctor, hospital, therapy session, pharmacy, or any other institution for medical care or supplies. You only need a few sheets of paper to write down the date, the location, and the reason behind your trip (examples: “Dr. Lee for monthly check-up,” or “Walgreens for bandages and prescription pick-up,” or “California Spine for PT”). Give this medical trips list to your Bloomington auto accident attorney the next time you meet him or her. Your lawyer probably will show this list to the opposing side during the settlement negotiations and possibly at trial to demonstrate the level of your hardship to the jury. Keep the list focused and exclude extraneous items that are not a date, a location you visited, or the medical care or supplies the trip was for.

“Medical Expense” List

On just few sheets of paper, write down your medical expenses each day. Be sure to record all of your medical expenses and out-of-pocket expenses (examples: Dr. Lee’s bill, cough medicines, ointments, bandages). Keep in mind that if you don’t share this information with your Bloomington auto accident attorney, you can’t expect the other side to pay expenses your own lawyer doesn’t know about. The other side may also be impressed by your preparedness if you show them a list containing items written down for each day you incurred the expense, rather than just a “lump sum” recorded  with a total at the end of the week or month.

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To be represented by a top-notch Bloomington auto accident attorney who knows how to win personal injury cases, please call the law offices of McCarthy Rowden & Baker at 800-373-6050. The initial consultation is free.