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May 5, 2025

Legal Rx: Medical knowledge lawyers need to know and how to communicate it

Personal injury attorneys need more than just legal expertise -- this first installment in a new series reveals the critical blend of tort law, medicine and physics necessary for success.

Legal Rx: Medical knowledge lawyers need to know and how to communicate it

By Minh T. Nguyen & DK Global, Inc.

The practice of personal injury law is where tort law intersects with medicine and physics. In addition to mastering torts -- the rules of evidence and civil procedures -- a good personal injury lawyer should have a strong working knowledge of medicine -- particularly orthopedics, brain injuries, nerve injuries, and pain medicine. Ultimately, our job is to persuade insurance adjusters or jurors...

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