Settlement Process
Insurance companies often drag out the settlement process because it works to their advantage. Insurance companies hold onto your settlement money while you suffer financially and become more desperate for a settlement. The settlement process involves extensive tedious information gathering such as confirmation of insurance coverage, gathering of medical records, lost wage information, witness statements, pictures, etc. Once the necessary records are obtained a settlement proposal is sent to the insurance company and settlement negotiations begin. The insurance company will often make ridiculously low settlement offers which must be responded to firmly with a threat of a law suit and trial. An accident attorney who has a reputation for winning at trial will usually succeed in getting a fair settlement without going to trial because the insurance company doesn't want to go to trial and lose. You need an experienced injury attorney to insure the insurance company doesn't win the fight.
Back to VideosSemi Truck Inspections
Commercial trucks waited in a line at the Washington State Patrol truck scales just north of the Oregon border to go through a standard weight and height check.
But every few trucks that rolled by Monday were flagged over for a comprehensive safety inspection as part of a statewide safety emphasis.
Brake checks were the key focus [...]
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Fact Sheet
What is complex regional pain syndrome?
Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a chronic pain condition that is believed to be the result of dysfunction in the central or peripheral nervous systems. Typical features include dramatic changes in the color and temperature of the skin over the affected limb or body part, accompanied by intense burning [...]
NINDS Workshop on Re-establishing Connectivity in the Damaged Spinal Cord
January 18-19, 2001
Pooks Hill Marriott, Bethesda, MD
Introduction
Injury to the spinal cord initiates a complex series of events that has devastating consequences such as partial or complete paralysis, muscle atrophy, compromised ability to breathe, lack of bladder and bowel control, sexual dysfunction and chronic pain. The quarter of a million patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) [...]
Functional and Dysfunctional Spinal Circuitry: Role for Rehabilitation and Neural Prostheses
I. Introduction
A wealth of new tools is paving the way for the development of more effective rehabilitation practices and neural prostheses for the treatment of spinal cord injury (SCI). The development of microelectrode arrays capable of selectively stimulating small functional sets of cells, for example, provides hope that we may, in the future, be able [...]
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Fact Sheet
You’re working at your desk, trying to ignore the tingling or numbness you’ve had for months in your hand and wrist. Suddenly, a sharp, piercing pain shoots through the wrist and up your arm. Just a passing cramp? More likely you have carpal tunnel syndrome, a painful progressive condition caused by compression of a key [...]
Fibromyalgia–One Therapist’s View
The paperwork arrives on my desk, containing pertinent information about my clients scheduled for the day’s evaluations. In the packet are the intake forms, name, address, and phone number, referring physician, dates of intake interview, the interviewer’s notes, and important medical record history. The routine is familiar and one that I engage in with ease. [...]
Once Is Enough: A Guide to Preventing Future Fractures
So, you’ve broken a bone. Only those who have experienced a fracture can truly understand how painful and debilitating it can be. Recovering should be your first priority. However, you and your doctor also will want to determine whether this fracture is a symptom of osteoporosis. If you have this underlying disorder, it puts you [...]
