Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Other Mental Health Workers' Compensation Claims Arising During COVID-19
Veterans' Issues and How They May Impact Your Practice
THOUGH APPLIED RARELY, A RES IPSA INSTRUCTION ON A JURY CHARGE CAN SPELL DISASTER. The Texas Supreme Court ruled recently that a trial court abused its discretion by including a res ipsa loquitur instruction on a jury...more
In Florida, the injuries suffered from a car, truck, or boating accident may include physical and psychological injuries. However, it may be difficult to recover money damages for psychological injuries in Florida because,...more
The Sixth District Court of Appeal recently issued its decision in the matter of Applied Materials v. WCAB. The decision was initially issued as unpublished and the California Workers’ Compensation Institute obtained an...more
A person’s response to the distressing and disturbing nature of a crash can result in feeling a loss of control, helplessness, pain, confusion, loss of sense of self and self-worth, and an inability to cope. Injuries may...more
Functional MRI studies suggest that psychotherapy for PTSD improves symptoms by changing the way brain networks communicate with each other, offering a potential “biosignature” for effective treatment...more
After an auto accident, most people are preoccupied with what they perceive as “the important stuff:” financial setbacks across what is often a wide variety of financial accounts, healing from physical injuries, and even...more
Car accidents are, by nature, potentially severe, as tons of metal collide at what is often a very high speed. If you are able to walk away with a few minor scrapes and scratches, you should consider yourself fortunate. ...more
It has long been the rule in Pennsylvania that a mental or psychological injury generally does not constitute “bodily injury,” as defined in most standard insurance policies, unless that mental or psychological injury results...more
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) have been often been viewed as two distinct conditions, one with an “emotional” cause and the other with a “physical” cause. It has been recognized for...more