Shulman DuBois LLC Announces That New Technology Will Help Brain Injury Victims Receive Fair Compensation

The Portland personal injury lawyers at Shulman DuBois LLC are confident that new high-definition fiber tracking brain scans can help traumatic brain injury victims' claims for compensation by providing evidence of brain damage not available in the past.

Portland, OR (PRWEB) March 12, 2012

After a car accident where youve hit your head, it can be difficult to prove an injury without medical records indicating the extent of the damage, Shulman said. But these new tests will help us show insurance companies and juries just how significant the head injury really is.

Shulman and his partner Sean DuBois are members of the Brain Injury Alliance of Oregon, and their firm recently settled a brain injury case for $500,000 in a premises liability claim.

The new test, called high-definition fiber tracking, allows doctors to pinpoint the areas of damage in the brain by using high-powered MRIs that map brain fiber tracts. The map will employ different colors to designate functions and injuries.

In the past, brain injuries were not always apparent, as current scans can only show bleeding or swelling. Bleeding and swelling, unfortunately, did not always explain brain injury victims symptoms, making it difficult to show cause and effect after an accident. But with the fiber tracking, brain injury victims and Portland brain injury lawyers will have more than my head hurts and I cant think clearly to explain their discomfort and to show insurance adjusters.

Symptoms of brain injuries include:

Because these symptoms all vary by the person, it can be difficult for regular MRIs to show that these symptoms are caused by a brain injury, as opposed to some other factor, and in some cases, the symptoms of the brain injury victim will be attributed to unrelated causes by the insurance companies. But the high-definition fiber tracking will be able to show what damage was done, in which parts of the brain, and therefore help us explain these warning signs medically.

This will be really useful for Oregon brain injury victims. With insurance companies always reluctant to pay for medical treatment, this is one more way to show them empirically the harsh consequences of an accident, said Shulman.

He is hopeful that this new technology will mean that Oregonians with brain injuries will not need to spend as much time fighting insurance companies for fair compensation. By just showing the results of the new brain scan, injury victims should be able to establish damages without litigation and trial.

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Shulman DuBois LLC Announces That New Technology Will Help Brain Injury Victims Receive Fair Compensation