Personal Injury Medical Records Causation Evidence Review (Quoted Statements Only)
Reviews the medical records you paste and extracts every statement that bears on causation, quoted with date and page, in the categories that matter: provider opinions, recorded patient history, timing, prior history, aggravation and adverse language. It gives no medical opinion.
The Prompt
Variables (6)
| Variable | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| {{incident_date}} | Incident Date | 2026-03-12 |
| {{mechanism_of_injury}} | Mechanism of Injury | Rear-end collision at an intersection; client stopped at a red light (police report 26-044117). |
| {{conditions_at_issue}} | Conditions at Issue | Cervical disc herniation at C5-C6; right shoulder pain; headaches. |
| {{governing_causation_standard}} | Governing Causation Standard | Paste the statute, rule or jury instruction text on causation in your jurisdiction, or write "none supplied". |
| {{attorney_instructions}} | Attorney Instructions | Group by body part. Put adverse statements in their own table. |
| {{medical_records}} | Medical Records | ER 03/12/2026 p.4: "Pt reports neck pain after MVC." Dr. Patel 04/02/2026 p.11: "C5-C6 herniation; no prior neck complaints reported by patient." PCP 2024 chart p.2: "neck stiffness." |
Expected Output
A record index, conflicts, a table of quoted causation statements classified as opinion, recorded patient history or bare finding, timing intervals with subtractions, prior history and aggravation entries, adverse statements, and missing records. Closes with a Verification list.
Usage Notes
Use when you need a causation evidence summary to prepare a deposition or a negotiation. Paste actual record excerpts with page references, including pre-incident records if you have them. Watch for a provider's recording of what the patient said being treated as the provider's opinion, and for silence being reported as "no prior complaints". Check each quotation against the original record. Not legal advice. The attorney remains responsible for verifying every fact, figure and authority before use.
Legal Sources Referenced
- Fed. R. Evid. 803(4) (hearsay exception for statements made for medical diagnosis or treatment, including a statement of the inception or general cause of symptoms)
- Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) (hearsay exception for records of a regularly conducted activity)
Originally featured in: AI for Personal Injury Lawyers: Prompts for Demand Letters, Medical Summaries & Depositions
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