Loss of Consortium Demand Letter

RELATIONSHIP-LOSS / CONSORTIUM DEMAND PREPARATION PACKET

1. Claim activation record

Do not send this packet. Confirm that the jurisdiction recognizes the selected claimant and theory.

This packet supplies no default eligible relationship, damages category, claim status, response period, or settlement value.

2. Matter and claimant information

3. Primary claim dependency map

Do not make admissions in the relationship claim that narrow or contradict the primary claim.

4. Governing element and damages matrix

Copy only elements and damages categories recognized for this claimant and jurisdiction.

Potential fact domains, if authorized, may include companionship, society, affection, services, care, assistance, intimacy, support, household contributions, or another specifically recognized interest. Do not treat the claimant's own emotional distress, medical condition, financial loss, children, or extended-family impact as part of the claim without authority.

5. Pre-incident baseline

Describe ordinary facts, not idealized or exaggerated conclusions. Identify preexisting limitations, relationship changes, caregiving duties, separations, or other facts that affect causation and credibility.

6. Post-incident change record

7. Services and economic-value analysis

Use only if the jurisdiction recognizes the category and avoid duplicating primary-claim economic damages.

Potential duplication with attendant care, household services, wage loss, medical expense, or primary claimant damages: [________________________________]

8. Duration and prognosis

Do not select a future number of years from a generic table without admissible evidence and jurisdiction-specific review.

9. Evidence and privacy plan

Avoid unnecessary intimate, medical, mental-health, child, or third-party information. Use factual summaries, redactions, or separate confidential transmission when appropriate.

10. Valuation and settlement allocation

Valuation method and authority: [________________________________]

Policy-limit and allocation issue: [________________________________]

Separate versus combined demand decision: [________________________________]

Settlement allocation can affect releases, liens, fees, taxes, allocation among claimants, and court approval. Obtain separate advice before using nominal or strategic allocations.

11. Release and conflict control

12. Demand letter shell

[DATE]

VIA: [APPROVED METHOD]

[RECIPIENT]

Re: [PRIMARY CLAIMANT], [RELATIONSHIP CLAIMANT], [CLAIM NUMBER], [LOSS DATE]

Dear [________________________________]:

We represent [relationship claimant] concerning the relationship-loss claim recognized by [exact authority: ________________________________] arising from the injuries alleged by [primary claimant]. The claimant is eligible because [facts tied to authority: ________________________________].

Governing claim and elements

[________________________________]

Primary injury and causation

[________________________________]

Pre-incident relationship baseline

[________________________________]

Specific post-incident losses

[________________________________]

Duration and evidence

[________________________________]

Valuation and demand

Relationship claim demand: $[________________]

Combined resolution proposal, if authorized: $[________________]

Basis and allocation:

[________________________________]

Response

Please respond by [date selected for case reasons: ________________________________]. This date is not represented as a statutory deadline unless the activated authority record states otherwise.

This demand reserves only rights and claims available under the governing law and does not alter any applicable deadline.

Sincerely,

[COUNSEL]

13. Supporting-document index

14. Final checklist

☐ Claimant eligibility and relationship verified

☐ Claim classification and dependency on primary claim confirmed

☐ Each damages category supported by current authority

☐ Pre- and post-incident facts are specific and credible

☐ Duplicate damages and claimant allocations reconciled

☐ Sensitive evidence minimized and protected

☐ Conflicts, separate consent, releases, fees, liens, and tax issues reviewed

☐ Limitations, notice, joinder, and litigation deadlines calendared

☐ Response date presented accurately

☐ Complete sent copy and delivery proof retained

This packet must be reactivated for every claimant and jurisdiction. Never carry an eligible relationship, damages category, derivative-claim rule, response period, valuation, or release effect from another case without current official authority.