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Claiming Lost Wages in Your Texas Personal Injury Case

Any claim for lost wages must be supported by documentation from your employer or, if you're self-employed, by your federal income tax returns. You will need to provide proof that missing work was reasonable and supported by your medical records. If you were working in a warehouse and suffered a broken leg in an accident, it's pretty obvious that you were unable to work until you were out of your cast and back on your feet. But with other injuries, it might not be as obvious as to whether or not you're able to work. In those situations, you'll need support from your doctor. Sometimes doctors don't record the fact that they told you to stay off work; instead they just give you an off-work slip. Make sure to keep all of those slips to prove that the work you missed was at the advice and direction of your doctor. Without a doctor's excuse, the insurance company or jury might not think that the work you missed was reasonable and justified, and therefore, they might not award you money for it.

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