A late afternoon school group celebration ended badly when a teacher and a parent asked elementary school children to close a large roller style gate. The defense argued that it was the students who decided to close the gate on … Continue reading
Category Archives: Medical
Our client suffered an abrasion due to threading and then became infected when threading staff used a brush on all customers without cleaning it before use. She had to have strong antibiotics. Administered overnight in hospital, and lost two days … Continue reading
We are pleased to report another judgment on behalf of a product liability victim, this time involving food poisoning. Our client visited a Taco-Bell franchise on Reservoir Avenue in Cranston, Rhode Island in April, 2014 , ordered and ate 3 … Continue reading
Our client was struck from behind while stopped in traffic on Brookline Street in Newton, Massachusetts. The force of impact drove his head back into a rigid headrest and shortly thereafter he developed a detached cornea in one eye. Although … Continue reading
Docfinder Searches The Administrators in Medicine (AIM) offers this only online physician directory of its kind, containing licensing background and other information and data from state government licensing boards. A very popular site featured in numerous state and national publications. … Continue reading
In certain personal injury, disability, workers’ compensation and other type claims, the defense or the insurance company will request that claimants submit to so-called “independent” medical examinations or “IMEs”. Many of these are performed by health care professionals who try … Continue reading
Questioning by Doctor and Staff – The IME doctor is not someone intending to help or treat an claimant. The information that the doctor and his or her staff obtain is intended to assess the condition of the claimant – … Continue reading
Straight Leg Raising Tests – This is a popular and important test for persons who complain of pain running or radiating into one or both of their legs. In the absence of clear diagnostic evidence, some claimants (with “bulging” discs … Continue reading
The term “independent” is inappropriate in describing many examinations of this type. When a doctor performs an examination on behalf of an employer, an insurance company or any other private party paying for the doctor’s time, use of the term … Continue reading
Circumference Differential – No, this is not a mathematics exercise. When someone is complaining that they have great pain in an “extremity” (arms being upper extremities and legs being lower extremities), the IME doctor will often measure places on both … Continue reading