The $50K Valuation Trap: Clean MRI, Misvalued Brain Injury
- EJT Communication Consultant
- Jan 1
- 2 min read
A $50,000 settlement offer in an “invisible” TBI case isn’t conservative.It’s clinically uninformed.
These offers happen when defense teams anchor damages to hardware evidence only—CT scans, MRIs, and radiology reports—while ignoring the software damage that actually destroys a client’s life.
If the imaging is clean, the assumption is simple:
“There’s no real injury.”
That assumption is wrong—and it is costing plaintiffs millions every year.
The Software vs. Hardware Problem in Brain Injury Litigation
Hardware is easy to see:
MRI
CT
Structural findings
Software is where value lives:
Executive dysfunction
Pragmatic language collapse
Social judgment errors
Reduced processing speed
Communication unreliability
Safety awareness breakdown
Work and relationship failures
Most mild TBIs damage how the brain operates, not how it looks.
Courts don’t award damages for a clean scan.They award damages for functional loss—when it’s documented correctly.
Why Traditional Medical Records Undervalue These Cases
Physicians document diagnosis.Therapists document function.
But most demand packages:
Over-rely on physician notes
Ignore speech-language pathology data
Miss red flags buried in PT/OT, nursing, and therapy documentation
Fail to translate impairment into legal relevance
That gap is where low offers come from.
What Changes the Settlement Trajectory
High-value outcomes happen when attorneys introduce objective, function-based evidence that answers three questions clearly:
What is broken?(Executive function, pragmatics, communication reliability—not “memory complaints.”)
How does it show up in real life?(Work failure, interpersonal conflict, unsafe decision-making, financial errors.)
Why is it permanent and compensable?(Neurofunctional patterns consistent with TBI, not anxiety or exaggeration.)
This is where I work.
How I Increase Litigation ROI (Before You Spend $5K–$10K on Experts)
I specialize in identifying and documenting the software damage that imaging misses.
My role is not therapy.My role is litigation efficiency.
I provide:
Targeted neuro-functional record review
Identification of high-value communication and executive deficits
Clear language attorneys can use in demand packages and discovery
Early clarity on whether a case supports serious neuro-damages
This prevents firms from:
Over-spending on the wrong experts
Under-valuing the right cases
Walking into mediation without leverage
The 48-Hour Flat-Fee Merit Screen (2026 Filings)
For 2026 cases, I am offering a flat-fee neuro-functional merit screen designed to answer one question fast:
“Does this case have the clinical legs to justify a real settlement?”
What you get:
Rapid review of therapy, nursing, and functional records
Identification of executive and social-pragmatic collapse
A concise merit summary usable in internal strategy or early demand framing
No testimony.No over-commitment.No wasted spend.
Stop Letting “Clean MRI” Cases Die Quietly
If a client’s life has imploded but imaging is normal, the problem isn’t the case.
It’s the evidence framing.
A $50K offer is not an insult because it’s low.It’s an insult because it ignores the actual injury.
Fix the software narrative—and the numbers change.
→ Attorneys: Request my CV and 2026 fee schedule for active or upcoming files.
Website:www.ejtcommconsult.com
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