A Personal Injury case is a case where you are injured, from which results a permanent injury.  Of course, such a case occurs to an individual who has been in a car accident, slip and fall, motorcycle accident, bicycle accident, or some other type of accident.  Personal Injury may occur to a variety of areas of the body, the spinal cord, a joint, bones, ligaments, knee cap, shoulders, ankles, hands, elbows, or other areas of the body.

 In addition to all the care and treatment associated with the broken bones and reconstruction surgery that may occur, many of these types of injuries, have a long lasting effect from which develops traumatic arthritis.  This is a condition that can take years to become evident, thus often times are over looked or not pursued as vigorously during the original claim, as they should be.

 With all of these types of injuries, including spinal injuries, degenerative defects begin to occur almost from the time of the accident.  With a spinal injury, what occurs is that the cushion between the vertebrae begins to shrink, the effect of which means that there is a change in the movement in the spine over time, which can result in a number of different complications.

 These injuries, like other injures, are serious, need to be medically evaluated and properly assessed for severity when the case is being considered.

 There is another factor, which many times works to the detriment of the injured party, that being where there has been a prior accident or injury resulting in a pre-existing condition, to which the defense claims is the source of all pain and suffering.  While this is always used as an explanation for your problems, the real effect of these conditions must be evaluated based upon the contents of the medical records dated prior to the accident.

 The experience of the lawyer handling the case is always important and the fact that you have read this description is an indication you have some concerns.  I invite you to contact our office to discuss this further and interview me, asking all the questions you like.