by Todd Hartwig | Apr 19, 2012 | Auto Accidents
The amount of car damage from an accident has NO correlation to the severity of injuries sustained by the occupants of the vehicle(s). In fact, it is quite common to see worse injuries when there is little vehicle damage than when a car is totaled following a wreck. ...
by Todd Hartwig | Apr 5, 2012 | Auto Accidents
The Spine Research Institute of San Diego is the leading provider of continuing education in the field of whiplash and auto-injury management. Both Dr. Hartwig and Dr. Marcum have taken all of the course offerings and are graduates of the advanced seminars. These...
by Todd Hartwig | Mar 8, 2012 | Auto Accidents
25 mph is the speed you would be going if you fell from a third floor balcony. Think that might hurt when you hit the ground? Then why wouldn’t you be injured in a car wreck at the same speed? As a matter of fact, you almost always are injured in a car wreck, even...
by Todd Hartwig | Jan 12, 2012 | Auto Accidents
Insurance companies will often tell people involved in motor vehicle accidents that their injuries must be minor because there is very little damage to the car. Property damage is neither a valid predictor of injury nor of symptom duration. Countless peer-reviewed...
by Todd Hartwig | Dec 8, 2011 | Auto Accidents
More than 50% of all low speed rear impact crashes (LOSRIC) that produce injuries occur without vehicle damage. Think about that. Wow. Insurance companies know that there is no correlation between vehicle damage and occupant injuries. However, they will not tell...
by Todd Hartwig | Nov 23, 2011 | Auto Accidents
Following a motor vehicle accident insurance companies often tell the occupants that there is no way they can be hurt when there is very little or no damage to car. Last time I checked, humans are not made out of steel, rubber, plastic, etc. Besides, today’s...
