How We Win Brain and Spine Injury Cases
A mild traumatic brain injury can be life-altering. Robbed of the ability to think clearly or remember basic facts, and saddled with blinding headaches, brain injury victims are often unable to live life as they once knew it.
Similarly, back and neck injuries that cause constant pain and disability can alter every aspect of the victim’s life. Nothing is worse than losing the quality of enjoyment of life.
Yet insurance companies balk at paying compensation to brain and spine injury victims because evidence of their injuries does not show up on empirical tests like MRIs, CT or other imaging scans.
How do we at Biren/Katzman persuade juries that our clients are truly suffering with back, neck and brain injuries without proof from diagnostic tests?
At Biren | Katzman Trial Lawyers in Los Angeles, we take a three-step approach:
- We bring in respected medical experts and, where appropriate, biomechanical experts who examine the client, review the medical history and file and explain to the jury how the accident in question was responsible for the injury. Whenever possible we use appropriately skilled treating doctors rather than paid experts as they generally are considered more credible by juries.
- Next we ask the treating doctor to explain our client's condition and how it affects his or her daily life, as well as to outline the future medical care that the patient will require and the limitations and disabilities that he or she will have to live with during the rest of their lives.
- Finally, we present testimony from our client's friends, acquaintances and co-workers who can describe how the person behaved before and after the injury.
We have won significant verdicts and settlements for injury victims based on the honest observations of those who know the victim best. We work with our clients to identify people who have observed them before and after the accident. Perhaps it's a member of their church or temple, golf club or yoga class, or a co-worker, neighbor or friend.
Compelling, Believable Testimony
Witnesses in one of our cases described a man who was vital and physically active before the accident. He regularly rode his motorcycle and waterskied. After the accident, they said, his attempt to ride his motorcycle left him bedridden for days.
In another case, witnesses described a teenager at the top of his class who earned straight A's without even studying. He earned a scholarship to an Ivy League college. After suffering a mild traumatic brain injury, they told of a boy who struggled for hours to keep his grades up, whose injuries forced him to give up the scholarship to the prestigious university and who eventually flunked out of community college.
This testimony dramatically illustrates the effect of the injury in the client's life. In our experience, juries find this information believable and compelling.
If you have suffered a brain or spine injury, let us develop a winning strategy for you. Please contact our Los Angeles injury attorneys to arrange a free consultation. Call us toll free at 866-604-5887.
