Since about 1990 with the introduction of TEACH at State Farm and Colossus at Allstate automobile insurance companies have worked off two basic formulas. The one that personal injury attorneys are all too familiar with is deny, delay, defendant. The […]
Reviewing medical files for attorneys has become my favorite past time. The process is at times challenging and as such also enlightening. Sadly, at times it is also purely entertaining. A recent file that I reviewed included the police report, […]
Opinions based on invalid testing are invalid opinions. Any doctor or attorney whose practice is focused on personal injury has known the challenges of dealing with an Insurance Mock Examination (IME). Since “insurance” is a word not allowed in a […]
In October, I had the distinct honor of serving as Chair of the 7th International Conference and Exhibition on Pain Research and Management in Zürich, Switzerland. There are several factors that made this honor so special. About five months ago, […]
In a properly managed personal injury case (PI case) there are two dates of importance. The first is 21 days or three weeks post-trauma. The other is at 91 days. When properly diagnosed, documented and managed, these are two milestones […]
For all the injuries that doctors fail to diagnose in a personal injury case, the one most commonly missed is concussion. Misconceptions abound around this condition ranging from believing that there needs to be a loss of consciousness to make […]
If you are an attorney handling personal-injury cases, then mark your calendar for June 9-10, and be sure to be at the Arizona Association of Chiropractic annual convention for the presentation by James Mathis. If you are not familiar with […]
In speaking with personal injury attorneys, when it comes to chiropractors there are some things they tend to have in common. First, they do appreciate that most people injured in a motor vehicle collision see a chiropractor. Unfortunately, all too […]
In the arena of personal injury, there are two names that every attorney and doctor should be well acquainted with. There are plenty who have done notable research about injuries in motor vehicle collisions. There are also attorneys who have […]
“Another study of patients who went to the emergency department from the scene of a collision, who had clear-cut signs of a concussion, 56 percent of those cases failed to diagnose the concussion.” Failure to diagnose is the number one […]
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