Tag archives: Chronic Pain

What To Do When An Injury Leaves You With Chronic Pain

#AskStevenWilder Broken bones, lacerations, burns and other forms of personal injuries people suffer as a result of a car accident, a slip and fall, or a dangerous product can be readily identified. Some injuries that cannot be seen during an examination and do not appear on an X-ray or MRI may cause a person to experience debilitating pain. If another party’s negligent or reckless conduct causes you to be injured and experience chronic pain, proving its existence to recover compensation from the responsible party can be a challenge that personal injury lawyers must meet. What is chronic pain? The Workplace ... Read more

Chronic pain and personal injury claims

#AskTatyanaLoefflerVulpe A significant portion of the nation’s population, approximately 1.5 million people according to at least one survey, suffer from chronic pain. Unlike a broken bone or a scar, pain is not something that can be seen or experienced by anyone other than the person suffering from it. For the injured victim of an accident caused by the negligent or careless conduct of another party proving the existence of pain can become a real challenge, but there are ways for a person suffering from chronic pain to be compensated. What is chronic pain? Most injuries suffered in a car crash or ... Read more

You Know It Hurts: Proving the Existence of Pain in Court

#AskMichaelBlois Recovering damages from a negligent party is a two-stage battle. First, your lawyer must present evidence proving the other party was negligent and the negligence caused you to suffer an injury. The second stage is proving the existence of your injuries. Proving the existence of a broken bone or a laceration and scarring are relatively easy compared to the task a lawyer has of proving the existence of chronic pain. Broken bones and scars can be seen in court. Even after a fracture has healed, there are X-rays a lawyer can present to show a judge or jurors as ... Read more