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Legal Forms that Apply to Bodily Injury Litigation.

There are a number of legal forms that apply to the injuries themselves, not to the cause of the bodily injuries. We have grouped these legal forms into this suite of personal injury litigation forms.

The primary form in this BI suite is the Plaintiff's Bodily Injury Deposition or Testimony Checklist.  There are more forms.  The range from handouts to give your client before an IME exam to a letter of protection regarding medical bills. Scroll down for brief descriptions and the entry to these other forms that involve bodily injuries.  And, in addition, at the Medical Testimony and Medical Discovery portion of  our catalog, we have a whole other subgroup  of deposition checklists regarding the deposition and trial testimony of medical doctors and medical personnel. Click for Medical Depositions, Forms, Advice and Questions Outlines Checklists

But let's get back to informing you about the several bodily injury forms in this BI Suite portion of our catalog.  The first legal form to discuss is the most basic.  Every defense attorney in a motor vehicle, premises liability, or product defect case -- any tort BI case --- will want Plaintiff's Bodily Injury Deposition or Testimony Checklist.  It is a complete checklist for the bodily injuries portions of your questions outline for the deposition of an injured person in any type of tort personal injury case.

Likewise, every plaintiff's attorney will want Plaintiff's Bodily Injury Deposition or Testimony Checklist, but for two different reasons than the defense wants this form.  As the lawyer for the injured person you will use this this checklist to prepare your personal injury lawsuit client for his/her deposition by the defense.  And you will use this as your guide as your outline for asking your client questions at trial, to get the best direct testimony about the injuries into evidence. The form comes in two different styles, but with the same objective: giving you an outline checklist of questions regarding the bodily injuries to the plaintiff. Here are the two deposition and trial testimony checklists. Both give you the questions to ask with the speed of pulling the checklist off your computer:

	the Plaintiff's Bodily Injury Deposition or Testimony Checklist and
	the Spouse's BI Testimony Checklist.

(Of course there are more forms, but right now I'm giving you information about these two. Scroll down for more.)

When it came to the trial, for the first five years doing defense work, I never could understand why most plaintiff's attorneys never had their client spend much  much time on the witness stand telling the real details of the injury that mean so much to the jury.  When I started doing more plaintiff's work than defense work, I realized why:

Most plaintiff's attorneys never took the time to develop a complete checklist of the injury questions to ask their client on the witness stand at the trial. 

And, on the other side of the table, most defense attorneys never took the time to develop a complete checklist of the injury questions to ask the plaintiff at the deposition.

That does not have be you!  You can buy a complete bodily injuries questions outline checklist form and save yourself the hours of drafting time to produce a checklist form..

The Plaintiff's Bodily Injury Deposition or Testimony Checklist is for use with the injured person, is the more powerful form, is designed for both plaintiffs and defendants, useful in both depositions and trials, and is, quite frankly, may be the most expensive form we have on a dollar per page basis.  Yet, like all our forms, if it saves you a half-hour of time - ever - it pays for itself.

The Spouse's form is primarily just for plaintiff's counsel's trial use.  But as a defense attorney for over 35 insurers and national self-insured companies, in five states, I always used this form when taking the deposition of the spouse.  I found that if the plaintiff's attorney had not prepared the client sufficiently, I would uncover some good testimony to minimize damages at the trial.  By going through the list of items, I would always come up with several items I could safely ask at trial and get answers on a number of things that the spouse had told me at trial had not been affected by the injuries.  End a cross-exam at trial with 10 of those in quick succession and the plaintiff loses a lot ground with the jury.

  You can have:

	the Plaintiff's Bodily Injury Deposition or Testimony Checklist and
	the Spouse's BI Testimony Checklist.

If you are a plaintiff's attorney, here are additional forms built for you.

	The IME Stipulation is a "must have" for a BI plaintiff lawyer's practice, a form that you can use to gain a quick written agreement to your benefit for the physical examination of the plaintiff.
	And Client Handout for IME is what you need when defense counsel demands a medical exam of your client. Give your client great advice by means of our Client Handout for IME.
	A plaintiff's busy law office can use Plaintiff's Request for Admissions Re Medical Expenses  in the first 60 days after the defendant has answered, to prove up medical expenses and eliminate worry just before the trial about foundations for admission.
	The Letter of Protection is a form letter you send the doctor who refuses to treat your client / her patient unless you agree to pay the doctor our of the settlement proceeds.
	The BI Client Checklist is a compact one page form with three vital parts which you can hand to your client if you are a plaintiff's attorney.
	The Bodily Injury Claimant Take-Home Form is four single spaced pages of items you should ask your plaintiff client to bring you, plus some standard advice you do not want to forget to give your client.
	More. Additional Medical Depositions, Forms, Advice and Questions Outlines Checklists

As in all the Lawyer Trial Forms™ litigation forms, advice, and checklists, we aim to give you the best advice, forms, and checklists, as though you had a senior litigator sitting in your office and giving you the benefit of years of experience.

All the best,

Leonard Bucklin

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