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Oh, I Do Believe I've Injured My Neck. And I Have A Case Of The Vapors
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When I practiced law, one of the things that convinced me not to continue doing that was the way they handled back injuries. Soft-tissue back injuries, they said, were great for plaintiffs, because they couldn't be proven unless a painful myelogram was taken, and that was rarely done (and wasn't always conclusive anyway). In England, like in the U.S., whiplash is big business, accounting for a huge percentage of car accident claims. Insurers are understandably looking to limit their liability. One way to do that is something called a "whiplash lie detector." And here's what it is: They feed all the details of the accident, like speed and all the details of the cars, and the visible damage into a computer, then it determines the likelihood of the injuries being claimed. And I bet this doesn't pass muster with juries, because it's not absolute. Back injuries will always be the ultimate in my-word-against-the-big-bad-corporation allegations. (Daily Telegraph)
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