Case Vignette Some Foot Injuries Are More Severe Than They First Appear The foot is made of three components. There is the hindfoot with the calcaneus and the talus (the ankle bone), the midfoot with the tarsals and the bases … Read More
Lead Article Interesting Cases As I look back over 30 years of medicolegal reporting, I estimate that I have produced more than 10,000 reports. In fact, this is a fairly conservative estimate and I am confident the number is significantly … Read More
General Advice Advise The Plaintiff What To Expect This is obviously easier for lawyers acting for the plaintiff. There is a direct dialogue which precedes the referral to the medicolegal reporter. It is more difficult for the defendant lawyer or … Read More
General Advice Which Documents Should You Forward To Your Medicolegal Expert Reporter? I have touched on this issue in a previous newsletter. In essence, send everything. That may mean there will be some extraneous material through which the expert reporter … Read More
Case Vignette Do All Shoulder Injuries Require Surgical Intervention? No. Many patients over the age of 40 years already have some intrinsic degenerative change within the soft tissue restraining structures around the shoulder joints. Those restraining structures are … Read More
Lead Article Where is the Personal Injury Industry Headed? Good question, you might agree. There is anecdotal evidence that the number of claims has reduced somewhat over the last three or four years and this could mirror a gradual improvement … Read More
Lead Article Should Medicolegal Reports Be Solicited From a Treating Orthopaedic Surgeon I am referring here to the provision of a report for the Court by an orthopaedic surgeon who has been intimately involved in the management of injuries sustained … Read More
General Advice Do X-rays Lie? The problem does not lie with the x-rays. Instead, the potential problem is with the viewer of the x-rays. I am referring to the reporter, the expert who is interpreting the films. There is … Read More
Case Vignette Scarring And Other Things Patients suffering personal injuries sometimes sustain lacerations resulting in scars. Others require operative intervention which also results in some scarring. Scars will vary in their severity, extent and cosmetic importance. Chapter 8 in the … Read More