1. 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
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2. 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.
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3. Duties Under Duress & Loss of Enjoyment
This is filled out TWICE
Within the first week
At the Final Exam

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

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

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

7. 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)

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.”

17. The End