Case Types

Motor Vehicle Collisions

Car, truck, motorcycle and pedestrian collisions are a common source of traumatic brain injury, including concussions where the person never lost consciousness and imaging was normal. They often come with whiplash, chronic pain, sleep disruption and anxiety about driving, all of which affect cognitive testing. The evaluation separates the cognitive effects of a brain injury from these overlapping problems so each can be addressed accurately.

Medical Malpractice

Some malpractice claims involve harm to the brain itself, for example from oxygen deprivation, a delayed diagnosis, a medication error or a surgical complication. Others involve psychological harm. Medical histories in these cases are usually long, so the pre-injury baseline and a careful reading of the record carry particular weight. Record review is often part of the work.

Workplace and School Injuries

Falls, falling objects, equipment accidents and assaults at work or school can cause head injury and psychological trauma. For working adults, the central question is often whether they can return to their job and at what level; employment records help establish what that job demanded before the injury. For students, it is often whether learning and school performance have changed. Dr. Tutty's background in more than 2,300 child and adolescent evaluations is relevant where a younger person's school functioning is at issue.

Toxin Exposure

Exposure to substances such as carbon monoxide, solvents, heavy metals or pesticides can affect attention, memory, processing speed and mood, sometimes gradually. Because there is often no single dramatic event, timing matters: when symptoms started, how exposure overlapped with them, and what else changed in the person's life. Dr. Tutty's personal injury evaluations have included toxin exposure cases.

Wrongful Death

Wrongful death matters can raise psychological questions that call for record review or consultation rather than a standard evaluation. Whether and how a neuropsychologist can help depends on the questions in the case, and is discussed during the initial consultation.

Other Matters

If your case involves a claimed change in cognition, memory or emotional functioning after an event that is not listed here, call to discuss whether an evaluation would answer the questions you have.