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WHY A SETTLEMENT DOCUMENTARY? A Settlement Documentary is created for the sole purpose of enhancing the non-economic damages and prompting settlement in civil litigation. Typically, they are used for personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability or wrongful death cases.     When negotiations begin for any settlement, discussions can quickly move  to liability, coverage and statistics. What’s missing is the impact

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I Have My Settlement Documentary. Now What? The purpose of a settlement documentary is to present liability and/or damages to an insurance adjuster or claims committee at or prior to mediation in order to resolve a claim and settle out of court. Once the settlement documentary is in your hands, the time has come to decide on a strategy for presenting

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Can A Day-In-The-Life Video Enhance Your Case? The purpose of video is to create an emotional tie between the plaintiff and the viewer. A professionally produced Day-in-the-Life video presentation can be a persuasive way to show the impact of an injury on your client, and their family, to enhance their case. It captures the physical, emotional, and social challenges your

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WHY USE A SETTLEMENT DOCUMENTARY? Settlement documentaries can be a powerful way for a victim to tell his story. Through professional legal videography you can give critical insight into the day-to-day life of the victim, demonstrating the damages that an incident has caused him. A settlement documentary provides a strong platform for the words of the victim, presenting them in

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TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY CASES Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and soft tissue cases are always difficult to navigate because of their subjective nature. Often referred to as “invisible injuries”, closed-head injuries can’t be seen with the naked eye and sometimes don’t even show up well on medical imaging film. That’s where a settlement documentary can help convey damages. Powerful storytelling can

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Can Settlement Documentaries Maximize Your Recovery? Pandemic Considerations The Covid-19 pandemic has turned things upside down for everyone in so many ways. Mediation and trials continue to be pushed back, and despite the rollout of vaccines, the foreseeable future is uncertain. Make sure this time of uncertainty doesn’t compound the losses for your plaintiff. Further delays in cases might mean clients

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DEMONSTRATING NON-ECONOMIC DAMAGES WITH A SETTLEMENT DOCUMENTARY The damages of your case are economic and non-economic.  The economic damages are a relative cake walk. Save the receipts and add them up. But how does one prove non-economic damages? These are the facets of the case defined by the amount of damage to the plaintiff’s human condition. How has the event

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MYTH #1 ABOUT CASE VALUE Many defendants are unwilling to pay a fair value for claims without the full weight of evidence and testimony supporting a plaintiff’s case. As a result, far too many claims fail to be resolved in settlement or mediation when it would be in the best interests of all parties to reach a fair compromise. It

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At risk of sounding simplistic, every case has two components: liability and damages. The damages are economic and non-economic. The economic damages are a relative cake walk. Save the receipts and add’em up. But how does one prove non-economic damages? These are the facets of the case defined by the amount of damage to the plaintiff’s human condition. How has

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Day-In-The-Life Video vs. Settlement Documentaries Often times the terms “day-in-the-life” and “settlement documentary” are used interchangeably. Though both types of legal video are related, they should be viewed differently from one another. Day-in-the-life video is used to illustrate the everyday struggles the plaintiff endures. Whether that be in the hospital, at therapy, or at home, we capture what it is

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