Duties Under Duress A claim can be made for Work Duties that the patient HAD to perform despite their pain and the fact that the doctor advised them to be on disability. This form collects information the attorney will use to get a much higher settlement offer Use arrow keys to move forward or backward through presentation

Loss of Enjoyment A separate and different claim can be made for Loss of Enjoyment at Work This form documents both the Duties performed Under Duress AND the patient’s loss of enjoyment they get from going to work. Use arrow keys to move forward or backward through presentation

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment This is filled out TWICE Within the first week At the Final Exam

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment Instruct the patient to be Thorough Detailed Take it seriously when filling it out.

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment Carefully filling out this form can add $3000 or more to the patient’s settlement.

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment Tell the patient to mark ALL Applicable boxes, especially those who tend to not be complainers.

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment It must be filled out in the patient’s own handwriting, signed, and dated. Fill in the boxes completely (not checks or X’s)

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment “I have continued to work…” explains why the patient did not take time off work when the doctor advised them to do so. Failing to follow the doctor’s advice does NOT decrease the settlement. If the doctor puts the patient on disability, yet they work in pain for any or all of these reasons, these two facts work synergistically to INCREASE and MULTIPLY the settlement offer.

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment The Doctor records must DOCUMENT the details of the type of pain and symptoms experienced by the patient at WORK.

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment This form should be reviewed by either the staff or doctor. Your impression of how sympathetic you feel when reading the patient’s “story” is a good indicator of how sympathetic a juror will feel. Colossus is programmed to compare this patient’s “story” to a similar one in the database and the computer knows how much a jury awarded for the similar set of facts.

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment Forms that are vague and lack details will cause the computer to find a case where the story is equally vague and non-specific. The settlement offer will be LOW.

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment Guide the patient to include all the details that will make the reader “feel their pain.” The doctor is not an advocate for the patient, but is required to accurately record all the facts.

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment When this is filled out at the Final Exam, the patient should include all the symptoms they have had since the accident, not just the ones they felt yesterday. Symptoms become intermittent, (come-and-go) as the patient gets better. Symptoms the patient feels sometimes (but not always) must be included on the last form filled out on the day of the final exam.

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment Do NOT use this form for a stay-at-home mom or dad. Instead, you will use the Household & Domestic Duties Loss of Enjoyment form.

Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment Do NOT use this form for students. Instead, use the Education Duties Under Duress and Loss of Enjoyment form.

In Summary… Work Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment for is used to document the difficulties the patient has experienced while working since the accident It is filled out twice. Once in the beginning and once at the end of the doctor’s case. It is used for working people, not stay-at-home moms or dads, and not students. However, it could be used for retired people who volunteer for some organization and derive enjoyment from their volunteer (unpaid) “work.”

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