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in brain injury cases there a unique set
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of circumstances that make it very
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difficult uh as a trial lawyer
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to have a jury appreciate the loss and
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the consequences of a brain injury to
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your client brain injuries are often
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called uh the invisible illness because
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you’ve got a client that’s sitting next
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to you and they don’t have scars they
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may not have scars they don’t have a
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limp they may not have a limp for all
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intense and purposes look fairly normal
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but it’s only as their brain functions
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in a brand new way because of the injury
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to it that manifests itself with moods
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with forgetfulness with personality
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differences and as such we then have to
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make those uh injuries that that are
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only manif ested as a person carries out
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their life very real to the jury and to
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have that jury appreciate that while
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they don’t see an x-ray of a broken bone
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they see very much the consequences of
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an internal injury to uh uh the soft
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tissue of the brain