Hi. I'm Indiana personal injury attorney David Holub. In past videos, we have referred to what is called Evidence Rule 413. What this rule provides is that statements from medical providers, hospitals, and other healthcare providers can be admitted as truth of the reasonable value of the services that were rendered. An issue that comes up is can the rule be used to submit proof of future medical bills that would be necessarily incurred as a result of the injury. Some attorneys would argue that yes, you can try to do this by having an affidavit or something from the bill provider, such as a hospital, stating what they charge for a particular service. However, I would say the better practice would be to call a physician witness at trial who could testify as to the necessity of future medical care, such as a future surgery, what it would take to do that surgery--in other words, general anesthesia in a hospital--and at the same time have that physician testify as to his estimated fee for the surgery and perhaps have someone from the hospital testify as to the estimated cost of the hospital care, as well as the anesthesia bill and expected physical therapy that might be required after the surgery.
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