How to Document Your Child’s Injury
Documenting your child's injury and its lasting effects protects the claim and helps provide for future care. Here is how, at your pace.
Follow all medical and specialist care
Attend every appointment and follow the treatment plan. The medical record documents the injury and its severity.
Keep every record and bill
Save records, imaging, prescriptions, therapy notes, and bills, and ask for copies as you go.
Note the impact on your child
Keep a private record of pain, symptoms, sleep, mood, and any effect on school, activities, or development.
Document any future needs
Track ongoing therapy, counseling, or care needs. For a child, future needs are an important part of a claim.
Let the team handle the experts
Medical and, where needed, life-care experts can document long-term needs. Your team can arrange this so you can focus on your child.
The deadlines and rules depend on your state
The steps above apply wherever you were hurt. Filing deadlines, fault rules, and limits on damages differ by state — pick yours for what applies to daycare school injuries.
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This is general information, not legal advice. Every situation is different, and the law differs by state.