IRC Blog
Is Your Client Faking Their Injuries?
Wondering if your client is faking their injuries is probably one of the most daunting and upsetting thoughts that an attorney can have after their client retains them. After all, the attorney wants to trust their client and believe that the severity of their injuries...
Should the MD or PT give return to work recommendations?
In a lot of injury cases there can be confusion about whether or not a medical physician or a doctor of physical therapy should be giving the green light for a patient to return to work full time, part time, or with / without restrictions. Usually, a medical exam is a...
Cases Are Won or Lost By the Expert’s Ability to Defend their Report
When a patient seeking treatment from a provider experiences an unfortunate injury due to the negligence and malpractice of the treating provider, they must carefully determine their next steps. They have the choice to file a complaint with the clinic and continue...
Helping your client understand the need for a Functional Capacity Evaluation
As your client progresses through their personal injury case, it’s common for them to experience heightened anxiety, treatment burnout, and mental and physical fatigue. Personal injury cases can be very complex so keeping your clients’ interest and enthusiasm can be...
Functional Capacity Evaluations confirm the diagnosis and quantify injury severity
In today’s ever-evolving personal injury world, insurance companies are also changing the way they relate diagnoses to an injury as well as how they equate those diagnoses to an impairment. What does this look like? Well, when someone gets injured in a car accident,...
Expert Reports are only as VALID as the expert writing them
When someone sustains an injury from a car accident and is seeking an attorney for representation, they will typically go through some degree of a screening process to determine what law firm or attorney is right for them and their case. This process may include...