Posts
- The End of Concert Ear-Tinnitus
- “Full Coverage” Auto Insurance Is Like a Bad Meal
- “Outrageous” Conduct and the Law
- 2010 Whiplash, Spinal Trauma and the Personal Injury Case Seminar
- 2011 Whiplash, Spinal Trauma, Personal Injury Case Seminar
- 2013 Walk Like MADD/MADD Dash Washington a Huge Success
- 3.5 Million Dollar Settlement for Couple After Tragic Cycling Injury
- 4th Annual Walk, Run, Roll For Brain Injury
- A Fight in the Name of Kenney Bui
- Accidents While on Vacation – PIP insurance
- Adler Giersch is a Proud Sponsor of the 2015 Walk Like MADD
- Adler Giersch Launches Social Media Site
- Adler Giersch Participates in 2013 Walk Like MADD/MADD Dash
- Adler Giersch PS hosts Advanced Medical Legal Seminar
- Adler Giersch PS Receives 100 Top Companies to Work For Award
- Adler Giersch PS Receives Corporate Member of the Year Award
- Adler Giersch Ranked #1 Small Business To Work For
- Adult Seat Belt Use Statistics
- Alarming Increase in Traffic Fatalities Involving Marijuana Use
- Amusement Parks and Go-Karts: Nervous Dad’s Things You Should Know
- Annual BIAWA Gala Bigger Than Ever in 2014
- Annual Brain Injury Association of Washington Fundraiser
- April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
- Arthur D. Leritz Joins Adler Giersch PS
- Back to School Reminders on Concussion Awareness
- Back to School Safety
- Best Used Cars for New Teenage Drivers – 2017
- Best Used Cars for New Teenage Drivers – 2018
- Bicycle Crashes and Injury Statistics
- Bicycle Safety Tips For Your Child
- Big Considerations are Needed When Driving Micro Cars
- Bike Riders in Seattle
- Biking Around the City
- Boating Under the Influence Laws Toughened Up
- Brain Injury Alliance of Washington 5th Annual Walk, Run, Roll
- Brain Injury Associations Make a Difference
- Cars and Bicycles in Close Proximity
- Chad’s Legacy Project Advancing Mental Health Education
- Chad’s Legacy Project Gala – Revealing the Face of Mental Illness
- Change of Job, Change of Coverage: What About Pre-existing Conditions?
- Change to Medical Malpractice Statute of Limitations For Minors
- Child Pedestrians and School Zone Safety
- Common mistakes made in a slip and fall case
- Common Treatment Modalities for Facet Joint Injuries
- Concussion and Girls Youth Soccer
- Corporate Bad Actors Continue to Be Bad
- Court Extends “Equitable Fee Sharing Rule”
- Department of Health Raises Ceiling on Copy Fees for Medical Records
- Diminished Value: A Quick Primer on Damaged Vehicles
- Distracted Driving in All Ages
- Distracted Driving Is An Increasing Problem
- Distracted Driving: A Serious Problem
- Distracted Teen Drivers Increase in Summer Months
- Distracted Walking Increases Risk of Injury to Pedestrians
- Do Health Insurance Companies Use Personal Information to Set Rates?
- Does An Upright MRI Make Sense For You?
- Drinking and Driving Among Teens Down by 54%
- Drivers Often Unaware of Motorcycles, Increasing Risk of Collision
- Drunk Driving Deaths Up for the First Time in Six Years
- Emergency Rooms can Miss Signs of Traumatic Brain Injury
- ESPN SportCenter Reports on Zackery Lystedt and Safety in the NFL
- Facts and Stats on Traumatic Brain Injury
- Fatalities Involving Teen Drivers Decreased Between 2008-2011
- February is American Heart Month
- Filing a Complaint Against Your Insurance
- Fire Prevention 101: Keep Your Family Safe
- Free Concussion Summit for Coaches, Parents, Educators & Students
- Fuel Economy and Safety
- Getting In A Car Accident: It’s Like Having a Second Job, Isn’t It?
- Harborview/UW & Seattle Children’s Hospital Sports Concussion Program
- Have a teenage driver? Here are some things you need to know.
- Helmet laws linked to fewer child deaths
- How Much Do You Know About Your Health Insurance?
- How to Protect Young Pitchers From Serious Arm Injuries
- Hyperbaric Treatment Shows Promising Results for Blast Injuries
- Insurance Companies Are Outsourcing Claims Handling to Consumers
- Is Health Insurance Worth it?
- Is Online Legal Advice From An Attorney Licensed in Your State?
- Is Your Child’s Playground Safe?
- Keeping Youth Sports Safe Program
- King County Library Systems Hosted Concussion Prevention Event
- Leveling the Playing Field With the IFCA
- Lights, Camera, Action — Dash Cameras On the Rise
- Long Road Trips for the Holidays
- May is Mental Health Awareness Month
- Meditation and Chronic Pain
- MENTAL HEALTH, COVID-19, and 2021
- Misconceptions of Insurance Coverage and Some Words of Advice
- Motorcycle Deaths on the Rise
- My Car Is “totaled” – Now What?
- National Athletic Trainers Association’s Annual Meeting
- National Conference of State Legislatures Quotes Richard H. Adler
- National Summit on Sports Concussion
- New Law Prohibits Sports Play After Concussion
- New Protections for Baseball Pitchers
- New Publication from Richard H. Adler
- NFL Network Reports on Zackery Lystedt & the Zackery Lystedt Law
- NFL Toughens Fines for Improper Head Hits
- Obese Drivers More Likely to Die in Auto Collisions
- Older Drivers and Injury Statistics
- Older Professional Drivers More Likely to Die in Vehicle Collision
- Omega-3s and Treatment of Pain
- Pedestrian Injuries and Deaths: Some Statistics and Safety Tips
- Pedestrian Safety Facts
- Pedestrians at Higher Risk During Left Turns
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
- Press Conference at Adler Giersch: Closure of Zackery Lystedt’s Case
- Providing Alcohol to Minors In Washington Will Get You Into Trouble
- PSA from the Brain Injury Alliance of Washington
- Q13 News Interviews Richard H. Adler on White House Concussion Summit
- Q13 Special Panel Interview on Youth Sports
- Quality Control at Washington State Hospitals Becomes More Transparent
- Reaching Out Nationally
- Recent Survey Results on Distracted Driving
- Region of the Brain That Likely Impacts Fine Motor Control Discovered
- Richard Adler Interviewed by Brainline.org
- Richard Adler Interviewed by CBSSports.com
- Richard Adler Interviewed By Seattle Magazine
- Richard H. Adler Featured as Top Lawyer
- Richard H. Adler Featured in King County Bar Bulletin
- Richard H. Adler Honored by American College of Sports Medicine
- Richard H. Adler Interviewed at BIAWA Annual Auction
- Richard H. Adler Interviewed by Gary Shipe of Sandusky Radio
- Richard H. Adler Invited Speaker at Overlake Hospital
- Richard H. Adler Particiates in Concussion Panel on Q-13 News
- Richard H. Adler Participates in Trailer for “A Not So Still Life”
- Richard H. Adler Receives Washington State Jefferson Award
- Richard H. Adler to Appear On King5
- Ride Safely Out There on a Motorcycle
- Rolfing: What is it, and can it help with chronic back pain?
- Safety means more than a good bicycle helmet
- Save Face, Wear a Helmet!
- Scooter-Share: Clean Energy, Messy Injuries
- Second Languages May Help Your Brain
- Secrets from a Former Insurance Defense Attorney
- Settling Your Motor Vehicle Property Damage Claim After A Collision
- Seventh Annual Brain Injury Association of Washington Gala
- Should you Care About Uninsured or Underinsured Motorist Coverage?
- Sobriety Checkpoints Work
- Speeding Is a Problem On US Roads – Particularly for Young Drivers
- Sports Safety Clinic for Parents, Athletes, Coaches & Community
- State Legislature Increases Mandatory Arbitration Limits to $100,000
- Statute of Limitations On PI Claims
- Supporting Community Organizations – Pushing Boundaries
- Tablets As An Essential Rehab Tool for TBI Survivors
- Teen Drivers: Stats and Tips
- The “Black Box” That’s Already in Your Car
- The Costs of Motor Vehicle Collisions
- The CPR Soundtrack
- The Death of the Wrongful Death Law?
- The Dutch Influence on Seattle Bicycling
- The Future of Brain Injuries
- The Harborview Medical Center You May Not Know
- The Recreational Use Statute: It’s Not Always Fun and Games
- The Wrongful Death Laws that Just Won’t Die
- The Zackery Lystedt Law – Three Years Later
- The Zackery Lystedt Law Now in All States
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Treatment
- Top Questions Asked From Someone Hurt in a Car Crash
- Traffic Citation and Personal Injury
- Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries Increasing in the U.S.
- Uber, Lyft, and Your Safety: The “FYI” List
- Vehicle Recall Notices & Technical Service Bulletins
- Vehicle Safety Recommendations from the National Research Council
- Viscosupplementation and Post-traumatic Osteoarthritis
- Voter Registration Made Easy: When, How and Where?
- Walk In the Park for Brain Injury Awareness
- Walk Like MADD Walk for Mother’s Against Drunk Driving
- Washington Attempts to Battle Prescription Drug Abuse
- Washington State Judicial Race for Court of Appeals 2017
- Washington State Keeps Implicit Racial & Ethnic Bias out of Trials
- Washington State Supreme Court Justice Race
- Washington State Supreme Court Strengthens PIP Coverage for Victims
- Washington’s Crime Victims Compensation Fund
- Washington’s Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking Continues the Fight
- What Are You Looking At?! The Dangers of Distracting Driving
- What Comes Next after your Spinal Injury?
- What to do after an auto collision?
- Who is Responsible for Paying my Medical Bills After a Collision?
- Who Says Lawyers Don’t Make a Difference?
- Why Auto Insurance Commercials Are Never About Injury Claims
- Why Being Anti-social is Best After an Injury
- Winston Churchill Helped Me Write My New Book on Traumatic Brain Injury
- Winter Driving Safety Tips
- Winter Weather and Common Questions
- Yoga as Therapy for Traumatic Brain Injury Survivors
- You have a right to change attorneys
- Your Right to Know: Access to Governmental Information
- Zackery Lystedt Receives Seattle Sports Commission Award
Provider Posts
- “Unseen” Cervical Injury From Motor Vehicle Collision Whiplash
- “Whiplash” Injuries – New Study Shows Significant Long Term Effects
- “Delta V”: A Poor Predictor of Spinal Trauma from Collisions
- A Better Assessment of Head Injury Symptoms Using Questionnaires
- Acupuncture: Ancient Art and Modern Science
- Admissibility of Expert Testimony Revisited
- Advances in Neuroimaging to Detect Brain Abnormality From Injury
- Advances in Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Increased Risk of Traumatic Brain Injury
- Alar and Transverse Ligaments: A New Look
- Alar Ligament Injury Related to Chronic Pain in the Elderly
- Alcohol and Commercial Host Liability: Roads Just Got a Little Safer
- Alternative Dispute Resolution – Alternatives to Trial
- Answers to Common Insurance-Related Questions
- Apportioning a Preexisting Condition with a New Trauma
- Are Post-Concussion Syndrome and Compensation Claims Related?
- Auto Insurance COVID-19 Refunds: Are They Enough?
- Auto Insurers Charge Higher Fees Using Socioeconomics
- Bicycles and Traumatic Injuries
- Biomechanics of a Cervical Hyper-extension/flexion Injury
- Biomechanics of Cervical Hyperextension/flexion Injuries
- Can a Medical Doctor Evaluate the Necessity of Chiropractic Care?
- Can Surviving Parents of an Adult Child’s Death Claim a Loss?
- Can Vitamin D Supplementation Promote Chronic Pain Relief?
- Car-Sharing in Seattle: Is it Safe?
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Trauma
- Cervical Facet Capsular Injury and Biomechanics
- Cervical Soft Tissue Injuries
- Cervical Spine Injury and Balance Control
- Children and Traumatic Injuries
- Chiropractic and Medicine: Re-evaluating Professional Relationships
- Chiropractors vs. Out-Patient Hospital Care for Low Back Pain
- Chronic Back Pain and its Relationship to Brain Matter Density
- Chronic Neck and Back Pain: Medication / Acupuncture / Chiropractic
- Clarifying the HITECH Act and Answers to Frequent Questions
- Clinical Trial of Stem Cell Therapy Restores Movement
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the Rural Latino Population
- Collisions and the High Incidence of Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury
- Complications of Trauma and Pregnancy
- Components of an Automobile Insurance Policy
- Concussion Study on Teen Age Athletes’ Brains and White Matter
- Concussions in Kids Much More Common Than Previously Thought
- Coronavirus and the Impending Mental Health Crisis
- Correlation Between Whiplash-Associated Disorders & Long Term Effects
- Crime Victims: A Patient’s Right to Care
- Cycling in Seattle
- Degenerative Changes in the Cervical Spine and Pain/Disability
- Deposition Testimony For Healthcare Providers
- Dog Bites and Strict Liability: What You Need to Know
- Dr. Waddell Evaluates Pain Behavior Tests in Medical Exams
- Driving after Traumatic Brain Injury
- Drunk Driving: Alcohol and Liability
- Dynamic MRI vs Static MRI in Diagnosing Chronic Neck Pain
- Economic and Racial Price Discrimination by Insurers
- Employer Liability for Those Injured by Intoxicated Employees
- Errors and Omissions Insurance for Professional Service Providers
- Establishing Liability in a Collision – Admissible Evidence
- Evaluation and Treatment of Post-Traumatic Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Ever-Changing Face of Personal Injury Claims
- Executive Function in Children After Mild to Severe Brain Injury
- Expert Witness Fees – Who’s Responsible Attorney or Patient?
- Facet Joint Pain Following Cervical Hyperflexion-Hyperextension Trauma
- Farmers Insurance, The Law and Injured Patients as Units
- Fatal and Non-Fatal Injury Patterns of Stranded Motorists
- Fibromyalgia
- Fibromyalgia, Expert Testimony & the Washington Courts
- Filing and Maintenance Procedures for Medical Liens
- Financial Tips for Small Businesses in the Health Care Industry
- Financial Tips for Small Businesses in the Health Care Industry
- Forced Arbitration and the Vanishing Right to Jury Trial
- From Good Hands to Boxing Gloves: The Dark Side of Insurance
- Gasoline and Alcohol: Commercial and Social Host Liability
- Handling Requests for Patient Records
- Head Trauma, Inner Ear and the Perilymph Fistula
- Health Care Treatment Costs After Settlement
- Hidden Cardiovascular Damage from Airbag Deployment
- Holding Treatment Bills Pending Conclusion of a Claim
- Holding Treatment Bills vs. Billing Health Insurance
- Hope for Patients in Unresponsive Wakeful States
- How Insurers use Artificial Intelligence to Determine Personal Injury Damages
- How Much Sleep is Needed to Avoid Cognitive Decline?
- How Social Media Sites Can Be Used To Damage a Personal Injury Case
- How to Handle the Patient’s Attorney and Subpoenas
- How to Reduce Your Automobile Insurance Costs: Shop Around
- ICD-10 Conversion Deadline Set for October 1, 2015
- Imaging Tools to Assess Traumatic Brain Injury
- Insurance Cost Containment vs. Bad Faith
- Insurance Premiums and the Myth of Liability Insurance “Crises”
- Insurance: The Myth of “Full Coverage”
- Insurers’ Use Of Computer Systems Artificially Devalues Injury Claims
- Interest Charges on Health Care Bills
- Interest Charges: Can Health Care Providers Charge 12%, 18% or Higher?
- Intraoperative Monitoring: Improved Surgeries for Patient safety
- Is Cell Therapy a Promising Approach for Spinal Disc Repair
- Is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder a Compensable Injury Claim?
- Is Spinal Manipulation More Effective for Low Back Pain?
- Legalized Cannabis Linked to Increased Traffic Collisions
- Litigation Neurosis: Factor or Fiction? A Review of Literature
- Long Term Prognosis of Soft Tissue Injuries of the Neck
- Low Speed Impact and Occupant Injury
- Magnitude of the Problem
- Major Depressive Disorder Following Traumatic Brain Injury
- Marriage Survivability Following Traumatic Brain Injury
- Massage Therapy and the Immune Response in Healthy Adults
- Medical Authorizations under HIPAA
- Medical Doctor Sues Hospital for Medical Negligence, Changes Law
- Medical Malpractice Insurance: Study Challenges Industry’s Explanation
- Medical Records Copy Fees in Washington State Increases
- Medical-Legal Aspects of Seat Belts
- Medical-Legal Terms for Pre-Existing Conditions
- Medicare and the Billing Quandary
- Meditation Helps Your Brain Handle Post-traumatic Injury and Pain
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries and ER Visits
- Mitigation: The Importance of Patient Compliance with Treatment
- Mobilization and Manipulation Therapies Confirmed Effective
- Motor Vehicle Collisions and Cell Phones
- Music Therapy In Response to Spinal Surgery or Traumatic Brain Injury
- Must Know Updates to the Healthcare Provider Lien Law
- MySpine vs USAA Casualty Insurance Company
- Neck and Car Crashes: A Bad Combination
- Neck Pain Among Whiplash Victims Seven Years Later
- Neuro-Chemical Changes in the Brain Connected to PTSD
- Neuropathic Pain and Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS)
- New Law Affecting Uber and Lyft Ridesharing Insurance Coverage
- New Law on Traumatic Brain Injury
- New Medical Study Connecting CTE to Sports Concussion
- New Studies Link Physical Exercise with Neuroplasticity
- New Study Confirms Blood Biomarker Can Detect Traumatic Brain Injury
- New Study on Response Characteristics of the Cervical Spine
- New Zealand Study Examines Effects of Concussion 4 Years Post-Injury
- Omega-3 and Neuropathic Pain
- On the Job Injuries and Third Party Personal Injury Claims
- Open and Closed Traumatic Head Injuries
- Opioid Addiction in the Treatment of Chronic Pain: How Bad Is It?
- Organic Basis for the Pain Associated with Soft Tissue Injuries
- Overview of the Washington Health Care Information Act
- Pain Questionnaire Objectifies Subjective Aspects of Injury
- Pathological Mechanism at Work in Chronic Whiplash
- Personal Injury Protection and Pedestrians
- Personal Injury Protection: Potential Hidden Benefits for Your Patient
- PIP Guide for Providers
- PIP, Liability, Short & Long Term Disability Benefits
- Post Traumatic Shoulder Injury: Rotator Cuff and Impingement Syndrome
- Post Traumatic Syringomyelia
- Post-Traumatic Injury Recovery and a Patient’s Long Term Prognosis
- Post-Traumatic Pulmonary Embolism Treatments and Complications
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Traumatic Brain Injury
- Pre-existing Conditions and the New Health Insurance Law
- Predicting Chronic Whiplash in Motor Vehicle Collision
- Prior Authorization from Health Insurers
- Prolotherapy Study Discredits “Litigation Neurosis”
- Proximate Cause and Expert Testimony in a Personal Injury Case
- PTSD, Automobile Collisions and Other Injury Causing Incidents
- Reasonable and Necessary Treatment In a Personal Injury Claim
- Recent Study Explains Why Head and Face Pain Cause More Suffering
- Recent Study Supports Chiropractic Care as Effective and Popular
- Recognizing Thoracic Outlet Syndrome in Injury Cases
- Referring the Patient to an Attorney: Should you? How to?
- Relationships Between Initial Clinical Findings & Accident Mechanisms
- Report Writing: The Unwritten Rules
- Requesting and Producing Medical Records in King County
- Resolution of PIP Claim Disputes in Motor Vehicle Accident Cases
- Ride the Ducks Trial
- Rules of the Waterway: Boating and Traumatic Injury Claims
- Runaway Juries and Frivolous Lawsuits
- Seat Belt Fulcrum Injury and Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Should Medical Liens be Part of Health Care Providers Billing Practice
- Significance of Radiologic Loss of Cervical Lordosis
- Single-Level Cervical Fusion: Where Does the Motion Go?
- Sleep Apnea and the Risk of Motor Vehicle Collisions
- Soft Tissue Damage & Its Correlation to Whiplash Associated Disorders
- Spinal Cord and Trauma
- Stroke and Chiropractic Care
- Study Compares Conventional Physical Therapy and Intensive Exercises
- Study Confirms No Connection Between Chronic Whiplash and Lawsuits
- Supreme Court Overrules Insurers Denial of Personal Injury Protection
- The “Litigation Explosion”: Myth vs. Facts
- The Correlation of High Signal Intensity Zones on MRI & Low Back Pain
- The COVID-19 Era & Common Questions about Treating Trauma Patients
- The Emerging Privacy Invasion from the Insurance Industry
- The Impact of COVID-19 on Distracted Driving
- The Increase of Concussions Among Young Female Athletes
- The Ins and Outs of Premises Liability
- The Negative Impact of the Independent Medical Exam
- The Plaintiff’s Right to Change Attorneys
- The Power of Healing Sleep After a Traumatic Injury
- The Rise of Artificial Intelligence in Insurance Claims Handling
- The Role of Physical Trauma in the Onset of Fibromyalgia
- The Role of Spinal Manipulations in the Management of Headaches
- The Ten Worst Insurance Companies in America
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and Surgery
- Trauma and Disability Part I: Social Security Disability Insurance
- Trauma and Disability Part II: Private Disability Policies
- Trauma and Injury to the Coccyx (Tailbone) Resulting in Coccydynia
- Trauma and the Degenerated Spinal Disc
- Trauma Superimposed on the Myasthenia Gravis Patient
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Accelerated Bone Healing
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Alzheimer’s Disease
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Impact on Marital Satisfaction
- Traumatic Brain Injury and the Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease
- Traumatic Head Injury and Long Term Risk of Depression
- Treatment of Lower Back Pain in Geriatric Patients
- Understanding “General Damages”
- Understanding & Preventing PIP-IME Abuse & Evolving Insurance Tactics
- Understanding PIP Coverage For Today’s Health Care Provider
- Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists Insurance in Washington State
- Update on Concussion Biomarkers
- Update to IFCA Helps Get Health Care Bills Paid Under PIP
- Update: Can an MD Evaluate the Necessity of Chiropractic Care?
- Use of Antidepressants in the Treatment of Chronic Pain
- Use of Social Media by Insurers to Discredit Personal Injury Claims
- Using Flexion-Extension MRI To Assess the Cervical Spine
- Vehicle Restraints for Elderly Occupants
- Washington Physicians and the Sale of Goods for Profit
- Washington’s Guidelines for Medical-Legal Fees
- Washington’s New Rules Battle Prescription Opioid Abuse
- What Is a “Reasonable Fee” For Deposition Testimony?
- When Can the Patient’s Attorney Pay Treatment Bills?
- When Should Patients Sign the Insurance Company’s Release of Claims?
- Whiplash Injury: Vehicle, Seat, Occupant and Tissue Responses
- Whiplash Victims: Future Risks Include More Than Neck Pain
- Why and How Insurers Accuse the Injured Party of Faking Their Injuries
- Withdrawal vs. Abandonment of Patient Care
- Women with Whiplash Are Not More Anxious Than Men
- Your Patient is the At-Fault Driver. Now What?