Whiplash Injury - Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Whiplash Injury: Understanding the Claims Game and Increasing Settlements

Chapter 1. Whiplash, a growing worldwide health problem. This chapter provides worldwide statistics about whiplash incidence, with new coverage of the whiplash problem in Canada.

Chapter 2. The undamaged bumper scam. This chapter explains how insurance companies and their hired gun engineers falsely assert that an apparently undamaged bumper means that the vehicle's driver could not be hurt. The chapter reveals the truth about how to interpret bumper damage in relation to injury.

Chapter 3. The Delta V myth. Insurance company engineers falsely argue that a change of speed (Delta V) of at least 5 miles per hour is required for the struck car before injury can even be considered. This chapter shows why this is junk science. Also covered is how insurance companies are ripping consumers off in body repair shops by failing to properly repair hidden damage and then committing fraud on the court by using misleading damage photos to prejudice juries. How to keep these photos out of court or use them to a whiplash victim's advantage is covered in great detail.

Chapter 4. Biomechanics, science or quackery? Biomechanics as used by insurance company engineers in whiplash cases is really junk science that should not be allowed in court. This chapter provides the proof that biomechanical engineers have been engaging in fraud against whiplash victims.

Chapter 5. Cervical disc herniation in low speed crashes. Insurance company engineers and scientists have been arguing that it is not possible to get a disc to rupture in a low speed crash without also having fractured vertebrae. This is a lie and chapter 5 explains why.

Chapter 6. Lumbar disc herniation in low speed crashes. This chapter provides evidence that lumbar disc rupture can occur in low speed crashes.

Chapter 7. Brain injury from whiplash, fact or fiction? The evidence clearly indicates that minor crashes can and do cause serious brain injury without the head striking anything!

Chapter 8. Cervical nerve damage invisible to MRI. Insurance company doctors falsely claim that MRI's can prove that serious injury did not occur in a whiplash event. This chapter explains blood hammering and how it injures nerve cells in the neck, sometimes permanently, in very minor crashes.

Chapter 9. TMJ, shoulder impingement, carpal tunnel syndrome, leg injury. Mechanisms that explain these injuries in low speed rear end crashes are discussed.

Chapter 10. The hyperextension/hyperflexion controversy. Plaintiff's lawyers often lose trials for whiplash victims because the treating doctor mistakenly tells the jury that whiplash injury is always caused by hyperextension and/or hyperflexion of the neck. This chapter reveals the truth about the role of hyperextension and hyperflexion in whiplash injury.

Chapter 11. The head acceleration controversy. Many engineers hired by insurance companies have attempted to debunk the long accepted argument that whiplash injury is caused by the fact of the head accelerating 2 to 3 times as much as the struck car. New evidence reveals that the so-called head acceleration multiplication factor is real and does relate to whiplash injury.

Chapter 12. A raw deal for women. Woman sustain the most whiplash injuries worldwide. Insurance company defense experts have contrived a clever, but fraudulent way to deny women whiplash victims justice using falsified and manipulated data to prejudice juries against female whiplash victims.

Chapter 13. Combating phony insurance company arguments. Virtually all the arguments commonly used by insurance companies against whiplash victims are junk science frauds that cannot hold up to careful scrutiny. The idiotic notion that low speed rear end crashes are no worse than plopping into a chair is exposed, along with many other fraudulent arguments used against whiplash victims.

Chapter 14. Courthouse "whores" hired to beat you. This chapter reveals how to expose incompetent engineering expert witnesses used by insurance companies to fight whiplash claims.

Chapter 15. Active head restraints, the end of whiplash? Volvo and Saab are touting new seat and head restraint designs that supposedly greatly reduce whiplash injury. The truth about these new seats might shock you.

Chapter 16. Car maker and insurance company cover-ups. While the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety claims to be committed to driver safety, their record in whiplash may suggest otherwise. Car manufacturers and insurance companies have essentially been covering up the severity of the whiplash problem and simple solutions that could reduce whiplash injury. These solutions have been kept from the public. Find out all about this problem and what you can do about it.

Chapter 17. If you go to court. What you need to be aware of if you take your case to court.

Chapter 18. How to avoid being sold out by your own lawyer. You don't have to be a victim of a lazy or incompetent lawyer. This chapter will tell you all you need to know to prevent yourself from being victimized.

Chapter 19. Settling your claim without a lawyer. How do you really know what your claim is worth? Tips on establishing settlement value and negotiating with an insurance company are found in Chapter 19.

Frontal Crash Supplement. This is all new material first released on October 20, 2005. This 22 page supplement includes thorough coverage of neck, back and brain injuries which commonly occur in minor impact frontal collisions. Too many brain injuries are misdiagnosed in minor impact frontal collisions. This supplement will tell you how these injuries occur and what symptoms are typically associated with them. How seat belts are actually causing serious neck and back injury is also included, and lots more!

Side Impact Supplement. This is new material first released April 7, 2008. This supplement covers neck and back injuries in "minor" side impacts.

Diagnostics Supplement. The new fully illustrated Diagnostics Supplement released April 7, 2008 reveals revolutionary new information about the most advanced medical diagnostic techniques developed in Europe which can prove that the accident caused your injuries, and which can find a lot of hidden injuries which are far more serious than a herniated disc! This information can be extremely valuable in helping you or your lawyer prove your injuries were caused by the accident, prove the actual extent of your injuries, and get the best possible monetary settlement. Now you can more effectively fight back against insurance companies that assert your injuries are minor "soft tissue" annoyances or that claim your injuries were pre-existing and had nothing to do with the crash.

Bumper Damage Supplement. This September 21, 2009 supplement covers the most powerful scientific literature

which actually proves that less vehicle damage actually results in more occupant injury!

Back Injury Supplement. The new September 25, 2009 Back Injury Supplement actually shows you how broken bones and ruptured lumbar discs are occurring in minor front end and rear end collisions where there is little or no visible damage to the bumper!

Index. Complete alphabetical index to make topics easy to find.

Appendix. Contains 29 exhibits which include devastating documents not available from any other source.

Update Bulletins. The manual has been periodically updated with update bulletins to keep it current.

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