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Is Correct Information Supplied By Personal Injury Claim Calculators? March 9, 2018

If you have recently been in an automobile accident, a website with a personal injury calculator may look like a great discovery. It claims to provide the site-visitor with access to certain online software. The same software promises a calculation of the expected size of a payout in a given personal injury lawsuit. Unfortunately, that promise can seldom be trusted to remain unbroken, because every personal injury case is different; in other words, no two are alike.

Issues of credibility help determine the size of a payout. Yet the factors that add or subtract from the credibility of court testimony cannot be factored into a computer-guided calculation. By reading what has been posted below, you will understand why such factors cannot be calculated into the equation that is used to determine a payout’s expected size.

Factors determining the credibility of witnesses and evidence

The judge sitting at the Bench in the courtroom decides whether or not a witness appears to be telling the truth. A lawyer cannot predict what the judge will decide, with respect to a witness’ credibility.

By the same token, a personal injury lawyer in Red Deer has no way of knowing what evidence will be held credible. In order for any piece of evidence to be deemed credible, it must remain consistent with the probabilities affecting the case on trial.

Variability in the healing process makes it impossible for an online calculator to predict, with any level of accuracy, the size of the payout that will be awarded to a specific victim.If, during the process of healing, any wound feels the effects of delayed, incomplete or uncoordinated healing, then it could well become inflamed.

If a victim experiences a good deal of psychological stress, then that could delay the healing process. A delayed healing process means that more time will pass before the conclusion of the ongoing trial. An insurance company might question your credibility, if you claim that you understand why your wound is healing so slowly. No doubt the insurer would like to suggest that your own actions have aggravated the wound, causing it to heal more slowly.

Finally, studies have shown that a diabetic victim or a victim with an advanced age can exhibit a diminished vascular flow. When the vascular rate slows, the healing substances in the blood take longer to get to the wound. As a result, the same wound cannot make optimal use of those specific substances and thus heals more slowly.

Is it possible to get an estimate on what you will get in the way of compensation?

Yes, a lawyer can give you an estimate, but a lawyer will not promise you that the estimated figure is the exact size of the payout that you can expect to receive. In addition, an attorney can keep you posted on how the introduction of any variable may have altered the size of your expected payout.