by MKC Medical | Jul 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
This plaintiff was a 51-year-old female, restrained driver, alleging unspecified injuries and demanding policy limits following an MVA. She was traveling in a parking lot when she was hit on the passenger side by a semi-truck moving at <10 mph. There was no...
by MKC Medical | Jul 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
This MVA-related claim illustrates the importance of ensuring that all prior records are obtained as well as the importance of factoring multilevel degenerative pathology into the analysis. In this case, a 60-year-old male, restrained driver of a semi-tractor trailer...
by MKC Medical | Jul 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Here’s another case where Mechanism of Injury (MOI) and a prior, degenerative condition figure into mitigating a high-exposure claim. The claimant was a 48-year-old female injured in a retail store. Based on the limited incident report, she was struck...
by MKC Medical | Jun 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
I recently got some welcome news from Pat Iyer, a leader in Legal Nurse Consulting and the publisher for the last four years of Legal Nurse Podcasts, one of many resources devoted to our industry. Pat wrote to inform me that the interview she conducted with me...
by MKC Medical | May 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
In a case involving falling drywall, a sleeping woman and multiple alleged injuries, changes in a claimant’s story, unexplained delays and other inconsistencies and gaps in several data points raised red flags for MKC’s nurse reviewer. The event and injury...
by MKC Medical | May 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
I attended a webinar recently where the focus was managing musculoskeletal (MSK) claims for successful outcomes. Not surprisingly, telemedicine was a big component. This is an emerging issue about which I’ve already blogged. I was interviewed in 2020...
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