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Accident Injury Legal Case Management
It is the responsibility of the personal injury attorney to obtain the highest
settlement possible for the client that he represents, who may have sustained
injuries in an automobile, slip and fall, or work-related accident. Whether injuries
are relatively minor or more severe, personal injury attorneys seek to obtain
maximum case value for their clients. To accomplish this goal, personal injury
attorneys must be able to very specifically demonstrate the extent that their
clients have been injured by the negligence of the at fault party.
Physicians’ medical records are used by attorneys to prove their cases and to help
obtain maximum value for their clients. Stanger Injury Centers believe that if
physicians follow proper medical protocol and assess, diagnose, and treat
accident patients in a thoughtful and conscientious manner, objectively and
diligently documenting findings, then both medical and legal interests will
mutually be served.
Stanger Injury Treatment Centers believe that personal injury attorneys have a
right to expect that their clients’ injuries be accurately assessed through detailed
history, examination, imaging studies, x-rays, electrodiagnostics, etc., that
appropriate medical specialists such as neurosurgeons and orthopedic surgeons
be utilized, and that individually designed treatment plans be carried out.
Stanger Injury Treatment Centers believe that personal injury attorneys have a
right to expect this not because it helps them prove their case (which it does) but
because treating patients in the manner outlined above is tantamount to
providing good medical care. Similarly, Stanger Injury Treatment Centers believe
that attorneys have every right to receive clear and concise medical records, not