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Insurers reviewing a disc claim search claims-history databases before they respond to anything. A prior accident, a prior injury claim or an earlier course of chiropractic treatment will be found, and it will be used to argue that the current complaints are a continuation of something older. Prior history rarely defeats a claim. Concealed prior history frequently does. Law Offices Of SRIS, P.C. has practiced since 1997 and Mr. Sris is admitted in New Jersey. Reach our location at (888) 437-7747.

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What This Injury Is Worth Here

This firm does not quote figures and none is reliable before treatment concludes. The range follows the imaging and documented nerve root involvement, the correlation with examination, the treatment escalation and the earnings effect, subject to the statutory threshold where the limitation on lawsuit option applies. Where there is prior history, value turns on how cleanly the record separates then from now. Prior imaging is the most useful document available in that exercise, because a comparison showing a new or worsened finding is far stronger evidence than any argument about symptoms. Aggravation of a pre-existing condition is compensable in its own right, provided the record establishes the baseline.

Which Court Your Claim Is Filed In

Civil injury claims are filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Civil Part, in the vicinage covering Bergen County. Lower-value claims are heard in the Special Civil Part of the same court under a simplified procedure. Where a public entity or a public employee is involved, a Tort Claims Act notice requirement under N.J.S.A. 59:8-8 applies in addition and runs far ahead of the deadline for filing suit. Prior treatment records and claims history are ordinarily discoverable, so they are better addressed at the outset than uncovered later.

What to Do Before You Talk to the Adjuster

Tell your lawyer and your treating clinicians about every earlier accident, injury claim and course of treatment, including ones you consider irrelevant. Locate prior imaging if any exists, because a comparison study is the single most valuable document in a case of this kind. Describe your function immediately before this collision accurately, since that is the baseline everything is measured against. Then keep treatment continuous, get radiating symptoms recorded, and decline a recorded statement until you understand the claim.

Frequently Asked Questions

I had a prior accident. Should I mention it?

Yes, to your lawyer and your clinicians both. Claims history databases mean it will be found regardless, and an omission discovered later damages credibility across the whole claim. A prior accident that resolved, followed by a period of normal function, is an ordinary fact pattern and it does not prevent recovery.

Can I claim if this made an old injury worse?

Yes. Aggravation of a pre-existing condition is compensable, and the claim is for the worsening rather than for the underlying condition. What it requires is a documented baseline: what your function and symptoms were immediately before this collision compared with afterwards.

Why is prior imaging so useful?

Because it converts an argument into a comparison. Where an earlier study exists, a radiologist can say whether a finding is new, unchanged or worse, which is far more persuasive than either side’s account of symptoms. It is worth spending effort to locate earlier scans even where they were taken years ago.

About Mr. Sris

Mr. Sris is the owner and founder of Law Offices Of SRIS, P.C., which has practiced since 1997. He is a former prosecutor and is admitted in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, New Jersey and New York. Of Counsel attorneys contract directly with the firm and handle matters alongside him.

Speak With Mr. Sris

Prior history is found in every case; what decides the claim is whether the record establishes a clear baseline before this collision. Request a consultation. Reach our location at (888) 437-7747. Consultations are by appointment.

Last reviewed: August 24, 2026.

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