THE INJURY- TYPES AND CAUSES
A car accident, a complication from surgery, a slip on a walkway- you have suffered personal injury. Understanding the mechanism of your injury and whether it was legally caused by another person requires an understanding of the basic systems of the human body and the law applicable to your case.
Holness Law Group has dealt with the following types of injuries: Head and Brain Injury, Disc herniation and Radiculopathy, Spinal Cord and Nerve damage, Vestibular disorders, Tinnitis and hearing loss, Tempomandibular Joint Dysfunction, Soft Tissue Injury, Chronic Pain Syndrome, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Vascular Disorders, Fibromyalgia, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Chronic, Traumatic Tenosynovitis, Fractures of the skull, spine, pelvis and limbs, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Punctured and ruptured organs, Chronic Bowel and Urinary Obstruction, Degloving of limbs, Burns and Scarring, Damage to joints and ligaments, Aggravation of pre-existing back and neck conditions, Aggravation of pre-existing congenital defects and heart conditions, Degenerative Disc Disease Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety Attacks, Post Concussion Disorder, Conversion Disorder, Post-traumatic Depression.
Legal cause is different than medical cause. Generally, a past condition can never be the cause of a present condition unless the past condition is progressive. Proof that your ongoing condition and disability has it's cause in someone else's conduct however requires specific findings of fact. Expert opinion can be helpful although you are not required to hire a team of scientific and medical experts to prove every case.
Lawyers acting against you or the insurance adjusters in your case will often conflate the issue of causation (whether the accident caused a pre-existing condition to be "activated or aggravated") with an issue relevant to the assessment of damages (whether there was a measurable risk that the pre-existing condition would have detrimentally affected you in the future, regardless of the negligence). This confusion can result in you obtaining much less than your case is worth.
Some cases may not require the assistance of a lawyer but without talking to a lawyer you will never know. Call us now for a FREE CONSULTATION. The lawyers at Holness law Group will be there to help you.