An Award is built by entry of basic data

• Case Caption
• Docket
• Plaintiff name, sex, age and life Expectancy (the system will calculate normal based on age and sex)
• Decedent name, sex, age and life expectancy at death (the system will calculate normal based on age and sex)
• Attorney
• Whether a Wrongful Death Action
• Date of loss event

And element by element (Accessed through 'Components')

• Selection of Grouping (Pre-Award or Award)
• Selection of Award category
• Pain and Suffering
• Medical Expense
• Economic Loss
• Discrete Medical Expense
• Discrete Economic loss
• Selection of Element (there are lists of titles and spaces for additions)
• First payment date
• If Discrete, the number of future occasions and interval between occasions.
• If Periodic, the number of years and months over which payments are to be made.
• Current dollar amount of periodic payments or current cost
• If the first payment is more than a year in the future, an annual inflation rate to produce the projected first payment
• An annual COLA rate to be applied after the first payment year (inflation and COLA rates are independent)

'Add' is then used to produce a total element Award. To change merely select/enter different data. When done, 'Apply' to add the element to the Award list.