Personal Injury Case Builder Form

When you begin our personal injury intake process, you should be ready to tell us about your incident. Whether it was a car accident, slip and fall or dog bite, we want to hear the all the details and specifics. Be descriptive but keep the information relevant. This will help us to better assess your claim.

How to write your VIS

A VIS for a personal injury doesn’t need to focus on the details of the collision or injury itself. You shouldn’t feel that this is a time to explain what happened an who is at fault. That will be covered in the Facts of Loss portion of your demand letter. The VIS should discuss the physical, mental, emotional, and financial impacts you experienced. Wrapping up the entire experience in a statement can feel overwhelming. Here are some tips to walk you through the process:

• Start with the emotional impact. You can discuss how you felt that day and how you feel now. You were probably scared and shocked on the day and might still feel anger and fear today. Describe these emotions in as much detail as you can so the insurance company can understand just how emotionally traumatizing the events were.
• After covering the emotions, you can transition into your physical injuries and disabilities. You’ll want to cover how much these injuries hurt, now long and challenging your recovery has been, if recovery made you take time off work, time lost with family, friends, hobbies and other consequences. You may want to wrap this up in a personal story. Some common examples are having to cancel a booked and paid vacation because you were recovering. Or, having to become a burden and reliant on your family members during recovery, which impacted them as much as you. You need to go over these details, so the insurance company understands the full consequences of your injuries.
• Lastly, you’ll want to emphasize the financial consequences. You can detail how much the personal injury cost you in terms of healthcare and recovery costs, wages lost at work, out of pocket expenses and more. This will help the insurance company determine the amount of compensation you deserve.

Do’s and Don’ts of Writing Your VIS

Do: write in “I feel” and “I believe” statements rather than definitive statements. You should only include what you believe to be true.

Don’t: use this as an opportunity to go over details of the collision and you lay blame on the at-fault party.

Do: express your emotions clearly, add details and paint a mental picture of what you’ve been going through.

Don’t: mention the type of punishment you think or want the at-fault party to receive.

Do: have someone review your VIS for proper spelling and grammar.

Don’t: swear in your VIS; it can cause the insurance company to see you in a negative light.

Do: included related paperwork (i.e. receipts) that help verify your VIS.