Ongoing Medical and Related Damages
The value today of money that will be received in the future.
What is present value?
This term includes salary, bonuses, commissions, overtime pay, incentives, healthcare benefits, vacation time, personal time, and so forth.
What are earnings?
These individuals are the only one's allowed to communicate on a minor's behalf.
Who are the legal parent or guardian?
A process in which a case manager, usually a healthcare or social work professional, assesses an individual’s health needs; evaluates available resources, options, and services; develops, implements, and monitors a plan; and communicates among those involved, to promote a quality, cost-effective outcome.
What is medical case management?
These damages are those that are expected to be in incurred in the future.
What are future damages?
A direct intervention technique that includes a brief review of the patient’s history and treatment and a physical examination of the patient. Insurers use this technique in disputed claims for determining causation, current physical impairment, and the need for present or future treatment.
These damages are those that accumulate from the time of the injury to the date of recovery or to another time certain, such as the claim resolution.
What are current damages?
The point at which no further medical progress or recovery is expected.
What is the maximum medical improvement?
These types of claims are based on the claimant’s reduced capacity to enjoy certain activities, including physical and intellectual gratification
What are loss of enjoyment claims?
These are examples of what type of injury?
What are permanent injuries?
This term is normally used to describe the claimant’s loss of earnings from the time of injury until the time of recovery from the injury. It is usually based on the job the person was performing before the loss occurred.
What is wage loss?