Expanding their services and staffing, the Law Offices of Edward A. Smith, owners of AutoAccident.com have decided to include a medical doctor.
CEO Edward A. Smith explained: "Our law firm handles cases involving serious accidents and personal injury. In many of these cases, such as spiral cord injury, we rely on doctors and other health professionals to assess the prognosis of our clients, and to perform a thorough physical examination."
However, in many cases, as they do not have access to all of the client's prior medical records a complete history of injured clients is not possessed by examining physicians.
Additionally, insurance companies often hire what they call "Independent Medical Examiners" who are really hired consultants whose objective is to damage the injured party's case rather than to help reveal the truth. More often than not, innocent victims are prevented by these biased examiners from getting fair compensation for legitimate injury claims.
In order to make sure his firm's clients receive a thorough review of their medical history, Smith hired an on-staff, expert doctor. This move alleviates common insurance practice of distorting a victim's past medical history in an effort to deny fair compensation.
Smith said: "Cases like these require a medical doctor to lead the way in determining that the full medical history is thoroughly and accurately reviewed and that defense doctors do not take advantage.”