Choosing the Right Lawyer is No ACCIDENT- A Personal Injury Guide - By Jeff Adelman (2025 Edition)
If you are reading this, you likely have been injured as a result of a car accident or slipping or tripping on someone’s premises as a result of negligence. In the pages that follow, I will provide insight as to what you should expect from a lawyer (attorney) fighting on your behalf for personal injuries. This book is intended as a general guide if you are unfortunate to have had this happen to you. It has been with the least amount of “legalese” as possible, so you do not have to be a lawyer to understand it.
If you are reading this, you likely have been injured as a result of a car accident or slipping or tripping on someone’s premises as a result of negligence. In the pages that follow, I will provide insight as to what you should expect from a lawyer (attorney) fighting on your behalf for personal injuries. This book is intended as a general guide if you are unfortunate to have had this happen to you. It has been with the least amount of “legalese” as possible, so you do not have to be a lawyer to understand it.
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Choosing the Right Lawyer is No Accident
DAMAGES – WHY YOU ARE MAKING A CLAIM!
Damages is legalese for MONEY. Below is the actual Florida Jury
Instruction for damages in personal injury claims, followed by an
explanation about how damages are proven, and why money is awarded.
501.2 PERSONAL INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGES:
ELEMENTS
a. Injury, pain, disability, disfigurement, loss of capacity for
enjoyment of life:
Any bodily injury sustained by (name) and any resulting
pain and suffering [disability or physical impairment]
[disfigurement] [mental anguish] [inconvenience] [or] [loss of
capacity for the enjoyment of life] experienced in the past [or to be
experienced in the future]. There is no exact standard for measuring
such damage. The amount should be fair and just in the light of the
evidence.
b. Medical expenses:
Care and treatment of claimant:
The reasonable [value] [or] [expense] of [hospitalization
and] medical [and nursing] care and treatment necessarily
or reasonably obtained by (claimant) in the past [or to be so
obtained in the future].
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Jeff Adelman, B.C.S., Esq.
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