MEDICOLEGAL ISSUES AND NEWSLETTERS

DR. IMMERMAN APPOINTED POSTGRADUATE FACULTY INSTRUCTOR IN CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS OF WHIPLASH AT PARKER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC -- AVAILABLE FOR EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES

In February, 2009 Dr. Immerman was appointed a postgraduate faculty instructor in the Clinical Biomechanics of Whiplash Injuries at the Parker College of Chiropractic. He will be giving a 12 hour program for CE credit in Arizona in the Fall of 2009, date to-be-announced.

Dr. Immerman has qualified as an expert in Arizona superior courts more than 50 times in the past 10 years in the areas of medical necessity of treatment, clinical biomechanics of injury and accident reconstruction. For Federal Court purposes, he must maintain an accurate case list which is regularly updated and posted here. His CV is also updated regularly and posted here. He is available to consult on cases and may be contacted at 602-368-9496.

CROFT WHIPLASH GUIDELINES: Click here to read the most widely accepted clinical whiplash guidelines in chiropractic.

NEVEDA SUPREME COURT BARS TESTIMONY OF BIOMECHANICAL EXPERT: In the case of Hallmark v. Eldridge, July 24, 2008 Nevada Supreme Court (2), the Neveda Supreme Court barred the testimony of a biomechanical expert. Read the entire ruling by clicking here.

CALIFORNIA COURT OF APPEALS EXCLUDES DEFENSE LOW SPEED IMPACT TESTIMONY: The California Court of Appeals has excluded testimony by an insurance company expert who concluded there was not enough force in an automobile accident to cause the injuries diagnosed by the patient’s doctor after the trauma. This is a landmark case since it was decided in an appellate court, but was not published and so may not serve as a precedent in California. The case, posted here, is Harrison v. Smith, A114436, First Appellate District, Division Five, California Court of Appeals.

2007

Mechanisms of injury following rear-end collisions are well understood

Defense biomechanists and accident reconstructionists regularly underestimate Delta V by up to 50%, February, 2007

The best peer-reviewed medical journal whiplash review article ever, January, 2007

2006

The best medical journal low speed impact studies ever, December, 2006

Factors predicting outcome after whiplash injury in subjects pursuing litigation, September, 2006

Summary of recent medical journal studies regarding low speed impacts and injuries, April, 2006

"You can't predict the past" -- a low speed impact automobile accident commentary, March, 2006

Still another new low speed impact article published in peer reviewed medical literature, February, 2006

New low speed impact article published in peer-reviewed medical literature, January, 2006

2005

Excerpts from a rebuttal to a defense accident reconstructionist/biomechanical engineer, November, 2005

Review of medical journal article "Seeing through the MIST (minor impact soft tissue injury," October, 2005

Circular Letter from Arizona Department of Insurance provides strong ammunition in low speed impact cases, September, 2005

Is cervical spinal manipulation contraindicated due to risk of stroke? August, 2005

New 2005 Journal Article: "A Review of the Literature Refuting the Concept of Minor Impact Soft Tissue Injury," July, 2005

What is your response when a defense lawyer shows pictures of minimal property damage to an arbitrator? June, 2005

Major flaw found in defense engineers' analyses, May, 2005

New research ends the debate on low speed impacts, April, 2005

Breakthrough low speed impact article published in The Spine Journal, March, 2005

How to respond when an IME doctor concludes that a patient "has subjective complaints with no objective findings," February, 2005

U.S. Department of Transportation issues new vehicle head restraint requirements which comport with our conclusions regarding whiplash injuries, January, 2005

MEDICOLEGAL SERVICES HAS HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR ARTICLES AND STUDIES IN ITS LIBRARY ON VIRTUALLY EVERY WHIPLASH-RELATED TOPIC. CONTACT US AT 602-368-9496 FOR ASSISTANCE.