Wednesday, April 27

Well so far today has been a relatively normal day. I have gotten everything done that Kent, Sarah, or Jake has asked me so I have some free time for the moment while I wait for Kent to revise some motions for me to edit. So far I have been creating files for one of our larger cases. Yesterday I finished another abstract of some medical records for a demand letter. This project took forever, but was low priority on my to-do list so I have been working on that when I complete all my other assignments. Since I have only gotten the chance to work on it when I'm done with everything else I have been doing it for about 3 weeks for maybe 20 minutes a day. I am really glad to have it over with though, because although demand letters are interesting, this case and its medical records were pretty boring. It's really crazy how much money these clients can ask for after being injured by another person accidentally. The average number for "settlement proposals" (demand letters) is 3 times the amount of the medical bills! That means that although these clients were injured, they are making profit on those injuries! Many of these people are not seriously injured, or simply had pre-existing conditions that were "aggravated" by the accident, giving them the right to a settlement.
I have a feeling that as these last few weeks pass by Kent will have me doing alot more in the office, especially in the housekeeping department. I know there are several hundred or more file entries that need to be entered into the File Maker program on the computer and Kent said that he would like to have those done sometime soon. I am not exactly looking forward to that project, however it will be easy and I'm sure it will pass the time quickly.
Although I will miss my placement and all the people and things I have learned here, I must say I am looking forward to completing my internship. I definitely wouldn't change anything about it if I got the chance, but I'm really looking forward to just being able to go home and relax after lunch!