Precise Imaging Expands with a New Radiology Center in Fresno, CA

The new center on West Shaw Lane features an Open MRI and X-Ray services, providing the community with enhanced diagnostic capabilities. FRESNO, CA – Precise Imaging, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging services, is thrilled to announce the opening of its new radiology imaging center located at 2540 W. Shaw Lane, Suite 112-A, Fresno, CA […]

The Power of MRI Exams in Personal Injury Lawsuits

The health and wellbeing of individuals are often vulnerable to mishaps and accidents that can cause personal injuries. Such injuries could result in a legal dispute where the injured person, known as the plaintiff, seeks compensation for damages from the person or entity they believe caused their injury. In these instances, a comprehensive understanding of […]

Diagnostic Imaging and Pre-Existing Conditions in Car Accident Claims

  Diagnostic imaging is a powerful tool for car accident claims — but that’s true for insurance companies as well as plaintiffs. Personal injury attorneys often seek MRI scans and X-rays to demonstrate undeniable proof of injury. On the other hand, insurance companies will pounce on any hint of a pre-existing condition to avoid hefty […]

Taxes on Personal Injury Settlements: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Rewrites the Rules

Taxes on Personal Injury Settlements: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Rewrites the Rules   On December 22, 2017, the U.S. President signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, more properly known as Public Law No. 115-97. This law makes sweeping changes to tax brackets and multiple changes to once-familiar deductions. As it turns out, though, […]

How Digital Access to Medical Images Helps Personal Injury Lawyers

How Digital Access to Medical Images Helps Personal Injury Lawyers   Diagnostic imaging is one of the clearest, most powerful ways to demonstrate objective manifestation of injury in a lawsuit. But like any piece of evidence in trial law, quality matters. Standard-quality images that clearly show a broken bone or inflammation to a trained radiologist […]

How Diagnostic Imaging Could One Day Affect Tax Laws for Personal Injury Settlements

How Diagnostic Imaging Could One Day Affect Tax Laws for Personal Injury Settlements   With the 2017 passing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, IRS tax policy on personal injury cases is back in the spotlight. At the same time, for the past few years, the legal profession has been absorbing the impact of […]

How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Affects Personal Injury Attorneys

How the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Affects Personal Injury Attorneys   The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 made headlines by dropping the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent. While that sounds like great news for every business, many personal injury attorneys operate as pass-through entities—not corporations.   So will […]

Diagnostic Imaging for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): What Every Attorney Should Know

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be one of the most devastating results of an at-fault accident, in a car, on the job, or even just walking down the sidewalk. The sheer volume of human systems that the brain controls — all of them, essentially — leads to an extraordinarily diverse set of symptoms in cases […]

Diagnostic Imaging in Spinal Injuries: A Guide for Personal Injury Lawyers

It’s difficult to overstate the importance of diagnostic images in spinal injury litigation. When properly presented, a diagnostic image offers clear, compelling evidence—but if the image doesn’t clearly show the injury, or if there’s any question as to the validity of the attorney’s interpretation, the entire case can be compromised. Of course, every personal injury […]

Diagnostic Imaging in The AMA’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment

Diagnostic Imaging in The AMA’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment   If you had to pick one book to be the authority on assessing personal damage in U.S. tort-civil law, you might choose The American Medical Association’s Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides). Personal injury law is more complicated than […]

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