Idealists believe that litigation is about the search for truth. The reality can be very different.
I just received the report of a supposedly independent medical examination performed by a physician routinely requested by insurers and defense counsel. This particular physicians is a part owner of the agency that schedules the medical examinations and earns approximately $200,000 annually above and beyond the income of his active medical practice for performing these examinations and preparing these reports.
My client was injured in a motor vehicle accident and, while she largely recovered, has had some ongoing specific pain issues. The physician's conclusion was that she had experienced a cervical strain that healed within 3 months.
I see this conclusion regularly from physicians regularly doing business for insurance companies. It always raises questions in my mind as to whether the physician has ever seen or experienced a patient with pain issues more than 3 months following an accident and, if so, whether the physician tells the patient that his injuries are healed, and, whether the physician continues to provide treatment for this imaginary injury.
With respect to this particular physician, he is noteworthy for a survey of his examinations of workers' compensation claimants in which out of 20 claimants, he disagreed with the treating physician 19 times. Sometimes you see a pattern.
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