The Pre-Existing Condition Defense: When an Accident Aggravates What Was Already There
“IT WAS ALREADY THERE” IS NOT A COMPLETE MEDICAL ANALYSIS A cervical MRI shows multilevel degenerative disc disease. A lumbar MRI reports facet arthropathy. The patient had back pain several years before the collision. Osteoarthritis appears in the past medical history. Those facts are relevant, and in some cases they may substantially weaken an allegation […]