Medical Examinations Buckinghamshire in a Personal Injury Case
Under Pennsylvania Law, a Defendant in a personal injury case, usually defended by an insurance company, can request a Medical Examinations Buckinghamshire be done of the person claiming the injury. Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 4010 permits the MMR Buckinghamshire if there is good cause. Typically, a Court will find there is good cause when the person bringing the case has alleged medical injuries.
It is important to remember that when a Defendant or insurance company requests this exam, it is not really “independent”. The doctor is not appointed by the Court. The doctor is, instead, hand-picked by the insurance company. This raises the fact that there is a bias. The doctor is getting paid by the insurance company. It goes without saying that if the doctor wants to continue acting as a Medical Examinations Buckinghamshire in future cases for the company, he or she should be favorable to them in the report. Contrast this with the person’s treating doctors who are actively treating the person in an effort to get them better. The treating doctors were likely treating the person before there was ever any litigation. The “independent” Medical Examinations Buckinghamshire: the person likely one time, at the request of the insurance company; the treating doctors did not ask for the MMR Buckinghamshire involvement; the medical examiner reports directly back to the company; and, is involved only for litigation purposes.
If you believe that the defendant does not have “good cause” for requesting the exam, or that the exam is being sought in bad faith, you have a right to refuse. In that case, the defendant would have to file a motion with the Court to “compel” you to go. An example of bad faith or lack of good cause could be that they are requesting multiple exams for the same injury or seeking to send you to a doctor that is geographically far away.
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