On June 10, 2016, Circuit Court for Fairfax County, Virginia ordered that Plaintiff’s counsel was entitled to videotape by professional videographer the neurological/physical examination of the Plaintiff personal injury victim pursuant to Va. S. Ct. Rule 4:10. The case is Cohen v. Dziorlor, No. CL2015-0014084, arising out of a vehicle accident.
Such “defense medical examinations” (“DMEs”) – typically framed as “independent” by Defendants, despite usually being conducted by doctors of insurers choosing – commonly are fraught with patient-doctor disputes about what actually was said and done or not. Obviously and appropriately, videotaping minimizes any such dispute, though tellingly defense interests routinely fight against any videotaping.
