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Torts/Personal Injury

Apr. 6, 2023

Brain injuries can be difficult to detect

The importance of recognizing subjective symptoms in traumatic brain injury cases: A perspective from a former defense attorney turned plaintiff attorney.

Negin Nazi

Makkabi Law Group APC

Phone: (310) 887-8000

Email: nnazi@makkabilaw.com

Thomas Jefferson SOL; San Diego CA

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As a former defense attorney, I learned the importance of evaluating personal injury cases based on objective medical evidence. For many years, I was focused on analyzing the objective findings to determine the severity of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) claim. However, it wasn’t until I became a plaintiff attorney that I truly understood the gravity of behavior changes that are also indicative of a TBI. I finally realized that defense attorneys who do not take the ti...

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