The Holy Grail in PI is a Permanent Impairment Rating [PIR] for personal injury cases. PIR’s are common place in worker’s comp cases, but rare in personal injury. In fact, we have good experiences when we present a smart looking PIR’s in our high end personal injury cases. And, for the practicing doctor, it’s easier than you think.

Colossus also relies on good PIR’s, sometimes adding substantial value to PI evaluations.

Our favorite PI theoreticians, Dr. Gary Lewkovich, makes a strong case WHY the Health Care Providers [HCP] are qualified rendering PIR’s.

Some of Lewkovich’s findings include:

1. Legal: Since 2005, all HCP.s are required, by law, to use the Guides in the rating of injured workers. Legal for W/Comp but not PI. Hardly.
2. The Board: no a single HCP board has issued any directive against a HCP giving a PIR.
3. “Physician” only? The Guides and the law consider a physician, “skilled in the art of healing” qualified to render a PIR, if properly trained. That includes any licensed health care provider.

For these and several more reasons, please contact johntawlian@shawnsteel.com for your detailed reasons supporting your right to add important info in your PI reports.

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Edwin Barbosa while he was walking in a parking lot was hit by a vehicle. The defendant ran away. Later his car was identified but he claimed he hit no one.

Barbosa received chiropractic care at $3,966 and incurred one month of lost earnings at $2,739.

Despite St Farm’s denial of the accident, a crucial eye witness showed up last minute at trial to confirm Barbosa’s story.

St Farm offered “0.00“dollars. Barbosa demanded at least $9,999.99. The jury did not believe defendant’s denial and awarded Barbosa the sum of $16,725.00. Later the judge enhanced the award for a total of $22,624.64 to reimburse court fees to the plaintiff.

Barbosa vs. Iso YC 062 110. Judge Dudley W. Gray II. October 14, 2011 Los Angeles Superior Court.

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