How Important Are Medical Records To Your Personal Injury Case?
How Much is My Case Worth? We cannot stress how important your medical records are in your case. I am often asked by someone on their first visit to me, “how much is my case worth”? My first response is I have no idea it depends on what is in your medical records. Without seeing your medical records, no lawyer can accurately provide a value for your case. Obviously, much more goes into the evaluation of a personal injury case, but medical records are a good starting point as they can be good for your case, or they can literally tear your case apart. How Medical Records Can Influence the Value of Your Personal Injury Lawsuit First, medical records are (theoretically) compiled contemporaneously with your medical visit, by an unbiased person-the medical provider who allegedly has no dog in the fight. Now, I have some issues with this, but this is typically how judges and juries view them, unless and until proven otherwise. For example, I had a case some time ago,...