Can an Expert Express a Range of Possible Prognoses?
A prognosis rarely offers the certainty that litigation would prefer. Recovery may depend on treatment response, complications, work demands, psychological factors, or future clinical findings....
A prognosis rarely offers the certainty that litigation would prefer. Recovery may depend on treatment response, complications, work demands, psychological factors, or future clinical findings....
A claimant attends an examination with a familiar story: a modest road traffic accident, several...
The report states that the claimant had no previous neck problems. The GP records contain...
The two reports appear to disagree on almost everything. One expert attributes the claimantβs continuing...
A claimant gives different answers to what appears to be the same question. Dates are...
A report is issued on Monday. On Tuesday, the expert notices that the claimantβs date...
Two experts assess the same claimant, review broadly the same records and consider the same...
The claimant says they had no psychological problems before the accident. The GP records contain...
Credibility often becomes an issue in personal injury claims, particularly where symptoms are subjective, medical...
The relationship between a medical expert, a Medical Reporting Organisation and an instructing solicitor must...
A medico-legal report can read convincingly in isolation yet become less persuasive once its reasoning...
The first fixed-cost medical report is often the principal medical evidence in a low-value road...