PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER MINNEAPOLIS MN WHIPLASH INJURY LAWYER-FACTORS AFFECTING SEVERITY Whiplash injuries are no joke.  They can be minor and go away in weeks or months.  They can also be very serious and the cause of long-term major disability.  The American Medical Association recognizes the chronic pain from neck and back injuries to be the...Read More

NECK & BACK INJURIES from car accidents often produce long-lasting chronic pain that stems from injury to the facet joints of the spine.  Often, when other treatments have failed, a procedure called RADIOFREQUENCY NEUROTOMY (RFN), also sometimes called radiofrequency ablation or rhizotomy, can be used to provide pain relief. Facet joint injuries have been identified...Read More

CONCUSSION INJURY LAWYERS know that medical records are important evidence in any personal injury case.  When a person has sustained a concussion injury, it is important that the medical records provide solid evidence of that injury. All health care providers are required by law to give all injury and disease conditions the proper ICD10 coding....Read More

WORKERS COMPENSATION BRAIN INJURY-Minnesota workers who sustain a head injury at work are entitled to compensation under Minnesota’s Workers Compensation Laws. Concussion injuries and traumatic brain injuries are often overlooked by the medical community.  The victims of concussion injuries and traumatic brain injuries which happen “on the job” or “at work” are compensated under Minnesota...Read More

POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME is the collection of symptoms that occur after a concussion injury. Many concussions resolve without any long term chronic symptoms.  However, the symptoms of the concussion often get progressively worse over a period of days and even months after a head trauma. Mayo Clinic reports that concussions often get progressively worse over...Read More

HEADACHE FROM PERSONAL INJURY-CERVICOGENIC vs. CONCUSSION Headache is a frequent symptoms of traumatic injury from car accidents, workplace injuries, or any other type of trauma.  Headache has many causes associated with personal injury. CERVOGENIC HEADACHE. Cervicogenic headaches are caused by cervical or neck injuries.  A more technical definition is that cervicogenic headache is “syndrome characterized...Read More

Concussion Injuries and Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries are often overlooked and go undiagnosed.  This is a major US health problem. Douglas E. Schmidt, the senior trial lawyer at the Schmidt Salita Law Team, is scheduled to address the North Dakota Association for Justice, formerly North Dakota Trial Lawyers Association on the subject of “Overlooked Concussion...Read More

CONCUSSION, MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES-LONG OVERLOOKED. For decades, our society has neglected the consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Only recently, have we awakened Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in professional football players. Notwithstanding a lot of improvement, our society remains much in the dark ages in every other aspect of traumatic brain injuries outside of...Read More

MINNEAPOLIS PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENT ATTORNEYS KNOW WHIPLASH INJURIES COMMONLY OCCUR IN CAR ACCIDENTS MINNEAPOLIS PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENT ATTORNEYS at the Schmidt Salita Law Team have over 70 years experience with injuries from car accidents.  They know that whiplash injuries frequently result from car accidents, trucking collisions, motorcycle accidents, and any other type of motor vehicle...Read More

MINNEAPOLIS WHIPLASH INJURY LAWYER-SCHMIDT SALITA LAW TEAM MINNEAPOLIS WHIPLASH INJURY LAWYER SPEAKS TO NATIONAL ONLINE SEMINAR ON NECK AND BACK INJURY CASES. MINNEAPOLIS WHIPLASH INJURY LAWYER Douglas E.Schmidt, the senior trial lawyer at the Schmidt Salita Law Firm, recently presented in a national webinar called Bringing Justice to The Victims of Neck and Back Injury....Read More