Every lawyer who handles personal injury cases has to come to terms with the problems and challenges associated with chronic pain. After all, a chronic pain diagnosis is a red flag for insurers and for jurors. Handled well, such a diagnosis can actually enhance the value of a case. Handled poorly, it is likely to divert attention from the solid evidence of a traumatically induced injury and may even result in defeat in an otherwise valid case....
Fall Injuries
SummaryChronic pain is often a disabling injury. While pain is a sign or symptom of a primary problem, if that problem is not diagnosable or treatable, the chronic pain syndrome is pushed aside. Physicians who accept the responsibility of treating an individual's illness must deal with the "whole man."...