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When evaluating the

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case, you'll have the

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injury that's in front

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of you, be a broken

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bone, torn ligament

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that needs surgery, a

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spinal injury, but

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there's other injuries

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that you have to

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evaluate in order to

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maximize recovery for

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your client, and

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those are scars

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and disfigurement.

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Now, in these types of

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cases, I'll tell you

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in our world that for

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men who are scarred

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due to surgery or an

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injury, unfortunately,

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the world considers

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those battle scars.

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It's almost like men

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are supposed to be

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scarred, but for

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women, it's different.

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For women who scarred

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due to an injury or

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surgery, it changes

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the value of her case

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because women focus on

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beauty, they focus on

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their looks, and

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anything

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that takes away

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from that hurts the

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lady, hurts her

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psyche, and increases

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the value of the case.

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Now, one of the areas

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that we see a lot of

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disfigurement,

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scarring type cases,

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unfortunately,

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are dog bites.

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Throughout my years of

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practicing personal

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injury law, I've

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represented

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both families

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of minor children and

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adults who

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unfortunately have

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been severely attacked

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and ravaged by

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dogs.

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One case in

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particular, I had a

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young boy who was

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playing in his

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grandmother's front

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yard and the

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neighbor's German

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Shepherd came across

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the line, attacked the

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boy, and ravaged

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his face.

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Another case that I

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had just recently was

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for a college-age girl

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who was visiting some

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friends and they were

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having a cookout.

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She had gotten her

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sandwich and was

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sitting on the steps

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of the deck

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eating her burger.

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When a neighbor's dog

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escaped the fence and

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came over and as she

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went to bite into her

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burger, the dog

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snapped at the burger

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in her face and tore

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down her lips

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and the bottom

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part of her chin.

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Now, she was a

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22-year-old, just

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recently graduated

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college, and this

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injury unfortunately

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left her horribly

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scarred

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around her mouth.

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It also did nerve

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damage to her mouth so

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that she couldn't tell

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when she was drinking.

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But in these cases,

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what I do for my

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clients is work with

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them to get

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them to the best

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plastic surgeon and

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reconstructionist that

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I can so as we can try

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and

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minimize the scars,

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and helps

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minimize the trauma.

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But as an attorney,

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when I'm valuing a

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case, yes, I have to

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look at the

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actual injury,

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but also have to look

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at the scarring and

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the disfigurement and

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add the

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value to those.

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How does that affect

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the person?

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And for a lady, you

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know, scarring, not

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only is it a physical

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injury, it's a

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mental injury.

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This young lady who

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had the dog bite her

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lips, she's going to

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carry those scars the

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remainder of her life.

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Although she's had

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multiple plastic

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surgeries and the

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scars are not as

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apparent, if you

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look it's still there.

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And that's why as an

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attorney, not only do

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you work with a

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client, but

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you work with

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your plastic surgeons,

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you work at finding

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the best surgeons and

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the best

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reconstructions

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to help your client,

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not only monetarily,

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but physically and

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mentally as well.