If you're going to file a personal injury claim, or if you're still planning though, it is good advice that to remember all circumstances related to the injury and to jot them down in a journal. Take note of the details of your injury and the effect of your daily life. Once you get the hang of jotting down notes regarding your injury, your journal will be very useful when you finally demand for compensation. It will be easier for you and more reliable to have your journal to recount you injury rather than just depending on your memory.

Once your mind has recovered from the injury, and you are sound enough to remember things, get a notebook handy and start to write just about everything you can remember during the accident. You can begin with the time and place where the accident took place, what you were doing that time, the people around you, and the things that were happening. Then write down what you can remember with the actual accident -- what you may have felt and heard like slips, twist, blows and other traumas your body had experienced before, during, and after the accident. You may also note down anybody that you remember being a witness or being involved in the incident.

During the recovery phase you may experience all sorts of pain attributed to the injury, including anxiety, loss of sleep or other forms of discomfort. Following your accident, you should also take note of those things that you experienced so that you can use it to demand additional indemnity. These notes will be very useful if you're going to negotiate with the insurance company for any favorable settlement. Also, your notes can be used by your doctor for a good diagnosis of your case. By recording the details of your injury and by telling your doctor about all of your injuries, it can serve as evidence to be used for your personal injury claim. If your injury also affected your work, or any social or economic activity which would have benefited you, include them as well in your notes. Any economic loss you incurred must be documented in order to make a good compensation claim.

Talking to the people involved in the accident may also help. You may want to call them over the phone, or interview them fact-to-face so that you can include their testimony in your documentation too. Getting testimony from other people may make adjustments to your journal that can help clarify and strengthen your case.

Indeed, journalizing your personal injury case can do a tremendous help, especially when you need to present evidence of your loss. This simple way of keeping track of your injury can actually aid you in getting the fairest indemnity needed to restore the quality of life you once had.

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John Luke Matthews is a regular contributor of relevant articles about the jurisprudence of personal injury. He is part of the Mesriani Law Group and is currently taking information technology studies as well.

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