Can a Pre-Existing Condition Affect My Personal Injury Claim?

Answer:

One of the things that I get asked often are about preexisting conditions, or preexisting injuries. I think a lot of that comes from the health insurance industry and their concerns about preexisting conditions. Also, insurance defense lawyers have learned to use preexisting injuries against the client. I’m not concerned about preexisting conditions. In fact, I prefer that the client has a preexisting condition because that predisposes them to serious injury. That explains why they got hurt so bad. If you have a bad back and you get rear-ended, the injury’s going to be far worse than if you had a good back and you got rear-ended. I think it explains perfectly to the jury what happened and why it happened.

Pre-existing conditions are not a reason not to take a case, in my mind. A lot of trial lawyers don’t know that. A lot of trial lawyers don’t understand that. I’m connected with some of the best trial lawyers in this country, and that’s what we concluded. It’s actually a benefit to your case in many instances to have a preexisting condition. Don’t let that concern you. You need to talk to an attorney about that because we’ll give you the right information. A properly trained trial lawyer will take care of that problem, so feel free to call my office here in Cheyenne, Wyoming.