Severe traumatic brain injury is often associated with visibly catastrophic trauma, including penetrating injury, depressed skull fracture, or extensive external head damage. Should this occur, there is little room for contest. However, in litigation, some of the most contested neurological injury cases involve profound intracranial damage produced without a skull fracture. The absence of the […]
Driver conduct is often at the forefront of commercial truck accident litigation. Was the driver dozing? Did they brake in time? Were they distracted? However, those questions may become secondary when the driver did everything they could possibly do yet found themselves incapable of responding correctly because of the influence of improperly loaded cargo. A […]
Cases involving diagnostic delay typically include conditions that initially resemble common, low-acuity, or medically explainable complaints rather than obvious emergencies. However, some of the most medically and legally complex matters arise when atypical presentation delays recognition, leading to irreversible deterioration. The legal issue is rarely whether the diagnosis was ultimately missed. More often, the dispute […]
Pelvic fractures are among the most serious orthopedic injuries encountered in commercial truck accident litigation. Yet, in many cases, the fracture itself is not the primary dispute. There is little disagreement that the collision caused a pelvic injury, especially when it has been established through imaging studies and other records. Months or years after the […]
Spinal cord injuries that arise from commercial truck accidents frequently produce high-value and heavily contested claims in catastrophic injury litigation. It goes beyond the severity of an injury. There is a degree of difficulty in determining which consequences resulted directly from the collision and which developed later through a cascade of medical complications. The initial […]