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LIFE CARE PLAN

California Spinal Injury Lawyers | San Francisco Spinal Cord Injury Attorneys
Spinal cord injury cases necessitate the retention of a life care planner. This specialist is taxed with the obligation to coordinate with all of the plaintiff's treating physicians in order a clear medically probable future care plan is developed.

Recognizing that omission of medically necessary treatment can, and will, shorten the expected life of a spinal cord injury victim, the life care planner must exhaustively work with the plaintiff and plaintiff's appropriate medical specialists in order to put together an appropriate plan for medical services throughout the expected life of the plaintiff.

Given that medical expenses have historically grown exponentially, it is within the area of future medical care and life care planning that defendants will hedge their liability "bets", with forecasts of shortened life expectancy. Necessarily, where a defendant can shorten the exposure for future care costs, the defendant (and insurance company) benefits economically.

The life care planner should be prepared to justify, where possible, the expected length of the care plan itself. Benefits of each item of care must be discussed with the jury.

Again, as with wage loss, a forensic economist must take the findings of the life care plan, and place a value on the services, taking into account medical rates of inflation. The future payment stream is likewise relegated to present value for benefit of judge and jury.


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The information presented regarding spinal cord injury, back injury, catastrophic injury, severe spinal injury, back trama, personal injury, wrongful death or other legal information related to the practice of spinal cord injury litigation on this site should not be construed to be formal legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer or attorney client relationship. Any results set forth here were dependent on the facts of that case and the results will differ from case to case. Please contact a spinal cord injury lawyer, personal injury attorney or wrongful death lawyer at our San Francisco California law firm.