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If you have a personal injury case in Florida, seeking full compensation for your losses will start with determining how much you are entitled to recover. The costs of serious accident-related injuries can add up quickly, and under Florida law, accident victims are entitled to proper compensation for their non-financial losses as well. To ensure that you are seeking the full compensation you deserve, you will need to hire an experienced Fort Myers personal injury attorney with Spivey Law Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.A. who can determine how much compensation is “just” under the circumstances at hand.

Determining what constitutes just compensation requires evidence of your losses, and this evidence can take many different forms. While documenting your financial and non-financial losses can be difficult, it is a critical step in the process—and you can rely on your attorney at Spivey Law Firm every step of the way.

Proving the Losses You Are Entitled to Recover After an Accident in Florida

When you hire an experienced attorney at Spivey Law Firm to represent you, your attorney will assist with gathering all of the evidence you need to establish the value of your personal injury claim. This includes key pieces of evidence such as:

Medical Records (Including Medical Bills and Receipts)

Medical records are key evidence in any personal injury claim. Not only will your medical records be important for proving that you suffered your injuries in the accident, but they will be important for proving your financial and non-financial losses as well. Depending on the nature of your injuries, proving your case may require medical records, including:

• Your personal health record (PHR)
• Your doctor’s notes regarding your diagnosis and treatment
• X-ray, MRI, or CT scans or images
• Blood test results
• Medical records from surgeries and other procedures
• Prescriptions for pain medications and other drugs
• Appointment confirmations and any other documentation of your medical care

Your Fort Myers personal injury attorney at Spivey Law Firm will also need copies of your medical bills (both paid and unpaid) as well as documentation of any payments made by you or your insurance company. With this in mind, you should try to get in the habit of keeping copies of everything you receive from your healthcare providers and your insurer.

Account Statements and Receipts for Other Accident-Related Costs

Along with your medical expenses, you are also entitled to just compensation for your other accident-related costs if you have a personal injury claim in Florida. Some examples of common accident-related costs include:

• Prescription medications
• Medical devices (i.e., a wheelchair or crutches)
• Medical supplies (i.e., bandages or wound creams)
• Medical transportation
• Home and vehicle modifications
• In-home care and support services
• Payments to other service providers (i.e., housekeepers and lawn care)

Credit card account statements, checking account statements, and receipts can all serve as evidence of these and other expenses. Here, too, you should do your best to keep track of these costs so that your attorney can seek full compensation on your behalf.

Employment Records

If you have missed time from work as a result of the accident, your employment records will also be key evidence in your personal injury case. Your employment records will serve as documentation of the days (or weeks or months) you have missed from work. They will also serve as documentation of your total lost earnings. If you will be unable to work in the future, your employment records will be important evidence for proving your lost future earnings as well.

Expert Reports and Testimony

While you may already have several key forms of evidence in your possession, your Fort Myers personal injury attorney at Spivey Law Firm may need to gather various additional forms of evidence as well. For example, in many personal injury cases, expert reports and testimony will be necessary.

Personal injury attorneys work with experts to establish the long-term physical, psychological, and financial consequences of their clients’ injuries. If expert reports and testimony are necessary in your case, Attorney Randall L. Spivey will engage qualified experts to help document the full value of your personal injury claim.

Photos and Videos Documenting Your Recovery

Photos and videos of the recovery process can be powerful evidence in Florida personal injury cases. If you (or a friend or family member) can take photos and videos to document your injuries throughout your recovery, your attorney may be able to use these to help document your pain and suffering and other non-financial losses.

Taking photos can be an easy way to keep copies of your medical records, receipts, and other forms of documentation as well. If you snap a photo each time you receive something that is relevant to your claim, you can then send these photos to your attorney.

Witness Statements

Witness statements can also serve as powerful evidence of the non-financial consequences of serious accident-related trauma. If it would be beneficial for your personal injury claim, your lawyer may ask for your permission to talk to your friends and family members who have witnessed firsthand how the accident has negatively impacted your life.

Your Notes About the Day-to-Day Effects of Your Injuries

Finally, while the attorneys at Spivey Law Firm know it can be difficult, it is important to try to take notes to document the day-to-day effects of your injuries. Florida law entitles accident victims to just compensation for their pain and suffering, emotional trauma, loss of enjoyment of life, and other non-financial losses, but only if they can prove the consequences they have endured.

When you hire a Fort Myers personal injury attorney at Spivey Law Firm to represent you, your attorney will use your notes to paint a picture of the life-altering consequences of your accident. Your notes will assist with forecasting the future consequences of your accident as well—and these are also losses for which you deserve just compensation.

Discuss Your Case with Experienced Fort Myers Personal Injury Attorney Randall L. Spivey Today

Do you need to know more about seeking just compensation for your financial and non-financial losses after an accident in Florida? If so, we encourage you to contact Spivey Law Firm, Personal Injury Attorneys, P.A. promptly. You pay no legal fees or costs unless your case is successful.

Attorney Randall L. Spivey, the founder and president of Spivey Law Firm, is a Florida Board-Certified Civil Trial Attorney. Less than 1% of all attorneys licensed by the Florida Bar Association are Board Certified in Civil Trial Law. Randall Spivey has the knowledge and experience to handle your personal injury claim. The entire team at Spivey Law Firm benefits from the guidance of Randall Spivey because he is Board Certified. Randall Spivey also has an AV-rated Preeminent Attorney Rating from Martindale-Hubbell, which is the highest rating standard, signifying the greatest level of professional excellence for legal knowledge, communication skills, and ethical standards. Randall L. Spivey is also named as a Florida Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine.

To discuss your case with experienced Fort Myers personal injury attorney Randall L. Spivey for free, call us at 239-337-7483 or toll-free at 888-477-4839, or contact us online at SpiveyLaw.com today for a free and confidential consultation.