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Second rear-end in Tucson, and the city truck insurer says surgery can wait

A Tucson caretaker hit from behind by a city-owned truck is getting pushed toward a cheap settlement while trying to decide whether delaying surgery will wreck the claim.

ARTICLE by Brenda Yazzie

My boss says light duty or no paycheck after that rear-end crash

A Phoenix plumber got rear-ended by a tailgating pickup on a two-lane road, and now the real fight is over a bogus light-duty job his doctor says he cannot do.

ARTICLE by Carlos Murrieta

The part that trips people up most is that a laminectomy is not a diagnosis - it is a surgery. It removes part or all of the lamina, the bony section at the back of a vertebra,...

What trips people up most is that radiculopathy is not just "back pain" or "a pinched nerve" in the casual sense. It means a spinal nerve root is being compressed, irritated,...

How much is a Phoenix dump truck rear-end case worth?

A rear-end crash with a loaded dump truck can be a six-figure case in Phoenix, but the insurer will slash the value fast if its IME doctor gets away with calling your MRI meaningless.

ARTICLE by Tom Purcell

You may see this phrase in an ER note, MRI report, workers' comp paperwork, or an insurance letter saying you have a "disc herniation at L4-L5" or "cervical herniated disc." It...

Still wrecked months after a Mesa parking lot hit? That early payout can cost you everything

A Mesa bartender gets clipped in a parking lot, shrugs it off, then the symptoms blow up later while the insurer tries to buy the claim cheap before treatment is even done.

ARTICLE by Miguel Renteria

soft tissue injury

People often confuse a soft tissue injury with a bone fracture because both can cause pain, swelling, and limited movement after a crash or fall. A fracture involves a break in...

cauda equina syndrome

You may see this listed in an emergency room note, MRI report, discharge summary, or demand letter as "suspected cauda equina syndrome," often next to findings like severe...

cervical strain

The part that trips people up most is that a "strain" is not automatically minor. In everyday conversation, people use it to mean a small ache, but medically a cervical strain...

Insurance companies and defense lawyers often use "bulging disc" to make an injury sound minor, old, or unrelated to a crash. They may argue it is just normal wear and tear,...

Undocumented after a Phoenix semi crash? That treatment gap can wreck the claim

A Phoenix mechanic got hit by a drifting semi, paused medical care out of fear, and now the trucking company is using both the treatment gap and the "off the clock" excuse to slash the claim.

ARTICLE by Rick Dallman

You just got a letter that says your surgeon recommends spinal fusion after a crash left you with ongoing back or neck pain, nerve symptoms, and imaging that shows an unstable...

rotator cuff tear

Insurance adjusters and defense lawyers often treat shoulder complaints like a loophole: they may argue the damage was "degenerative," came from age or old work strain, or was...

fibromyalgia after trauma

People often confuse fibromyalgia with an ordinary soft-tissue injury or with chronic pain syndrome, but they are not the same. A soft-tissue injury usually involves a more...

comminuted fracture

A fracture in which a bone is broken into three or more pieces is called a comminuted fracture, and it usually signals a more severe injury than a simple clean break. These...

post-concussion syndrome

Persistent headaches, dizziness, memory problems, light sensitivity, sleep disruption, and slowed thinking can sharply increase the value and complexity of an injury claim...

The adjuster just said your immigration status matters after that Tucson parking lot crash

A Tucson carpenter got hit in a grocery store parking lot and is scared to make a claim because he's undocumented, but Arizona law does not let the insurance company wipe out an injury case over that.

ARTICLE by Miguel Renteria

Still hurting a year after my Glendale truck crash can I get another doctor?

Yes - and if you assume the insurance doctor's opinion is final, your claim can get closed while your pain is treated as "resolved." What should have happened early on: after a...

Insurance adjusters and defense lawyers sometimes lean on the difference between these scans to question how serious an injury is. A fast CT at the ER with "no acute findings"...