MN Spinal Injury Lawyer
The most common injury in motor vehicle accidents and work injuries are neck and back injuries. These injuries can range from spinal fractures and injuries resulting in paralysis to soft tissue strains and sprains of the muscles, tendons and ligaments.
After nearly 20 years of handling neck and back injury claims, it has become clear that most people continue to suffer some amount of pain and loss of function for years or even decades following injuries to their spine. People hurt their neck and back lifting things at work or being rear-ended in a car accident. People hurt their neck and back when they fall down or when they push or pull large objects as part of their job. The situations where these injuries occur are countless. Some injuries give rise to a legal claim. Some do not.
There are also numerous medical specialties and modes of treatment for neck and back injuries. There is treatment provided by neurologists, occupational medicine doctors, orthopedics, chiropractors, physical therapists, neurosurgeons and osteopaths. There are more specialties and modes of treatment than what is listed.
These injuries can be in the form of fractures, herniated discs, herniated discs causing nerve root impingement, radiculapathy, stenosis, degenerative disc disease and musculoligamentous sprains and strains. There are more forms of spinal injuries than what is listed.
The point is that Martin Montilino has experience with these neck and back injuries in personal injury cases involving jury trials, no-fault arbitrations, mediations, workers compensation hearings and social security hearings. He has obtained medical opinions from all of these different kinds of doctors and has effectively cross examined the insurance company doctors.
With this vast experience, Martin Montilino can guide you through the process by making sure the right medical specialist is involved the care of your particular kind of spinal injury and that the best possible medical evidence and medical opinions are behind you as you make your case.
