Spine Injuries: Demonstrating or Disputing Existence and Extent Using Diagnostics, Expert and Treating Witnesses
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will offer guidance to personal injury attorneys proving the existence and extent of spinal injuries. The panel will explore difficulties in identifying spinal injuries, overcoming recurrent defenses, working with the right experts for different types of injuries, and quantifying what may seem like "invisible" damages.
Outline
- Causes of spine injuries
- Categories of spine injuries
- Selection and effective use of experts
- Diagnosing spine injuries
- Causation
- Symptomology
- Persuading the trier of fact
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What is the difference between a spinal cord injury and a back injury?
- What areas of the spine can hide invisible or hard to diagnose injuries and why are they difficult to find?
- What is a holistic understanding of injury causation, testing, and treatment modalities and why is it needed?
Faculty
Dr. Matthew J. DeGaetano
Program Director and Founder
Personal Injury Institute & Axon Medical Centers
Licensed as a chiropractor, Dr. DeGaetano has worked with medical doctors, chiropractors and law firms all over the... | Read More
Licensed as a chiropractor, Dr. DeGaetano has worked with medical doctors, chiropractors and law firms all over the United States to help professionals work together across disciplinary lines. His areas of expertise include whiplash and brain trauma, the biomechanics of spine trauma, soft tissue injury and repair, pain and proprioceptive neurology, and the management of spine and spine-related disorders.
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Dr. Padmaja Doniparthi, M.D.
Interventional Pain Management Physician
Dr. Padmaja Doniparthi, MD is an Interventional Pain Management Physician. Her Board Certifications... | Read More
Dr. Padmaja Doniparthi, MD is an Interventional Pain Management Physician. Her Board Certifications include, American Board of Anesthesiology and Pain Management American Board of Anesthesiology and Hospice and Palliative.
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Olivia K. Leary
Attorney
Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver
Ms. Leary is an associate in the Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC (“RLS”) Personal Injury and... | Read More
Ms. Leary is an associate in the Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver, PC (“RLS”) Personal Injury and Workers’ Compensation Groups. She represents people who have suffered serious injury as a result of negligence, including personal injury actions, intentional torts and whistleblower actions. Ms. Leary earned her B.A. in political theory from the University of San Francisco, graduating Summa Cum Laude. She earned her J.D. from the University of California at Davis, and was a recipient of the Dean’s Merit Scholarship.
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Eustace de Saint Phalle
Principal
Rains Lucia Stern St. Phalle & Silver
Mr. de Saint Phalle has established himself as one of California’s top personal injury trial lawyers, having... | Read More
Mr. de Saint Phalle has established himself as one of California’s top personal injury trial lawyers, having personally litigated multiple cases to settlement, verdict, or judgment with awards in excess of $1,000,000 and as high as $25,000,000. For the last fifteen years, he has been running a trial team dedicated to the representation of injured individuals in California which has handled matters specializing in civil litigation that involve complicated medical issues and disabilities. Mr. de Saint Phalle is an accomplished civil litigator in a variety of areas, including industrial accidents, product liability, exceptions to workers’ compensation, premises liability, professional malpractice, auto, bicycle and boating accidents, as well as business disputes.
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