Construct a private, chronological timeline of medical treatments, collision facts, lost earnings, and out-of-pocket expenses to bring to an initial legal consultation.
Attorneys review accident files by mapping pre-incident health, acute impact trauma, and post-incident continuity of care:
Before an attorney can assess liability or damages, obtaining the initial official records expedites review:
This software is a client-side organizational aid to assist you in summarizing your factual recall for an interview:
It does not offer legal advice, calculate guaranteed settlements, assess liability percentages, or create an attorney-client relationship. Always consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for guidance on statutes of limitations and claims.
How does the preparation tool turn dated milestones and financial entries into a chronological intake ledger?
This preparation workspace runs client-side JavaScript to transform discrete accident milestones and financial receipts into an intake dossier. For each event entry, the script parses ISO timestamps, sorts entries in ascending chronological order, and measures the elapsed calendar span between the earliest and latest milestones. A parallel ledger loops through out-of-pocket expenses to compute a running sum of documented financial impact. The tool is strictly an organizational aid for organizing personal recall before consulting licensed counsel; its readiness score is an arbitrary interface heuristic rather than an evaluation of legal claim merits.
The application's 'Prep Readiness' percentage is calculated via hardcoded point thresholds (baseline 50%, plus 20% for 3+ events, 15% for 2+ expenses, and 15% for 2+ obtained documents) rather than legal viability. The software does not verify receipt authenticity, evaluate comparative fault, or assess statutory filing deadlines.
When the initial sample dossier loads with 5 events spanning from April 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM to April 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM, the application measures an elapsed interval of 5 days (statDateRange displays 'Span: 5 days'). In the loss ledger, four entries—towing ($320.00), medical copay ($145.50), rental car ($285.00), and wage loss ($920.00)—are summed via JavaScript reduce() to produce $1,670.50. Clicking 'Add Expense' and submitting an additional $50 prescription raises the ledger total to $1,720.50 without modifying existing timeline milestones.
The interactive engine processes each milestone object through standard JavaScript Date parsing. It calls sort((a, b) => new Date(a.dateTime) - new Date(b.dateTime)), ensuring events display in sequential order regardless of the sequence in which the user entered them. It calculates the overall calendar span by subtracting the first epoch millisecond timestamp from the final milestone and dividing by 86,400,000 milliseconds per day.
Out-of-pocket expenses are tracked independently in an array of expense records. Each entry includes an amount, expense type, date, and verification indicator (such as paid invoice or bank statement). The script computes the aggregate loss using reduce((sum, e) => sum + (Number(e.amount) || 0), 0) and displays the total in formatted USD currency across both the summary card and the table header.
The tool includes questionnaire prompts regarding statutory filing limitations. For example, under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 335.1, the general statute of limitations for personal injury caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another is two years. However, specific administrative claims, such as those against governmental entities or under specialized insurance policies, may involve substantially shorter deadlines, underscoring why organizational notes cannot substitute for legal counsel. California Code, CCP 335.1
California Code of Civil Procedure Section 335.1 sets a two-year statute of limitations for civil actions alleging injury caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another.
This saved sample is an organization tool, not legal advice or proof of an actual accident. Its readiness percentage is a simple threshold counter. It starts at fifty even with no events or expenses. Three events add twenty points, two expenses add fifteen, and two in-hand documents add fifteen. The sample has five events, four expenses, and three in-hand documents, so it reaches one hundred. Notice that three of five documents means sixty percent in hand, although readiness says one hundred percent. The number describes this checklist formula, not legal sufficiency, liability, compensation, or a deadline. The loss ledger adds entered amounts. The sample contains three hundred twenty dollars for towing, one hundred forty-five dollars and fifty cents for medical costs, two hundred eighty-five dollars for rental, and nine hundred twenty dollars for wage loss. The running sums are three hundred twenty, four hundred sixty-five fifty, seven hundred fifty fifty, and sixteen hundred seventy fifty. Adding a hypothetical one hundred dollar pending bill raises the total to seventeen hundred seventy fifty. The proof description does not reduce or exclude it. The exported field calls this documented loss, but the source merely sums amounts; a typed proof label is not a verified attachment or a recoverable award. The timeline is chronological, but its geometry is based on rank, not elapsed time. Five sample events create four equally spaced gaps, even though the intervals are thirty minutes, seventy-five minutes, thirty-seven and a half hours, and seventy-seven hours. The displayed span rounds the first-to-last difference: four days, twenty hours, and fifteen minutes becomes five days. Questions have a separate selection state. Four are checked in the sample, and selecting a fifth adds it to the text brief. Clearing all removes events and expenses but preserves questions. A JSON export retains every question with its checked flag, while the text brief includes only checked questions. Use those differences to inspect your actual exported dossier.