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Winning The TBI Case

Winning The TBI Case

Di: Tom Crosley
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“Winning the TBI Case” with Tom Crosley is a podcast created exclusively for plaintiff attorneys handling traumatic brain injury (TBI) cases. Each week, veteran trial attorney Tom Crosley shares insights from over 15 years of brain injury litigation and 60+ trials—covering not just what worked, but why. Episodes dive into emerging trends, cutting-edge neuroscience, recent verdicts, and real courtroom strategies you can use. Get practical tips, expert interviews, and real-world analysis to help you win your next TBI case. New episodes drop every Tuesday, so you can make TBI Tuesday’s with Tom a regular part of your commute to the office.©2026 Winning The TBI Case, Tom Crosley, All Rights Reserved Economia Gestione e leadership Leadership Ricerca del lavoro Successo personale
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  • Setting Up the TBI Case for Success: The First 6 to 18 Months

    Setting Up the TBI Case for Success: The First 6 to 18 Months
    Aug 13 2026
     One of the most common mistakes I see is lawyers screening for TBI will simply stop at asking the question, “Were you knocked unconscious?” – Tom Crosley Welcome to Winning The TBI Case, hosted by trial lawyer Tom Crosley. Listen as Tom provides practical, powerful guidance for litigating traumatic brain injury cases. This podcast is meant for litigation attorneys who are ready to explore the essentials of TBI cases to confidently represent clients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries. What’s In This EpisodeTom Crosley lays out a practical timeline for developing a TBI case during the critical first 6 to 18 months. He explains how better intake questions, four specific symptom-tracking tools, and consistent symptom documentation can establish an early foundation while helping attorneys avoid gaps that may later create problems with proof. Building the Foundation of a TBI Case The success of a case often depends on decisions made in the earliest days, long before depositions, expert testimony, or trial. In this episode, Tom explains why the first six months matter enormously and what lawyers need to do during the first 18 months to shape the medical and legal framework of the entire case. Using a real case example, Tom demonstrates what can happen when persistent brain injury symptoms are not adequately documented early. He then walks through his approach to identifying potential TBI cases, tracking symptoms, and supporting accurate medical documentation. Key Insights for Trial Lawyers Go Beyond Loss of Consciousness: Intake forms should explore memory, confusion, altered mental status, acute symptoms, and what others observed immediately before and after the injury. Create a Written Symptom Record: Vague descriptions such as feeling “foggy” or “not myself” may not adequately capture what a client is experiencing. Written symptom questionnaires can help clients organize their symptoms and communicate them more accurately to their treating physicians. Tom recommends the following four symptom forms: Philadelphia Head Injury Questionnaire (PHIQ)CDC Acute Concussion Evaluation (ACE)Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire (RPQ)Headache Impact Test (HIT-6) Avoid Gaps in Medical Documentation: Persistent symptoms need to reach the treating physician. Long periods without meaningful documentation can make an otherwise legitimate injury significantly more difficult to prove later. Know When to Expand the TBI Workup: For clients with persistent symptoms, Tom discusses when to consider advanced neuroimaging and whether a neuropsychological evaluation is warranted. Reassess as the Case Develops: As the case progresses into the 12-to-18-month window, repeat neuropsychological testing or neuroimaging may help document whether the client’s condition has improved, remained stable, or changed over time. For Trial Lawyers: Build the Foundation Early This episode is for trial lawyers who handle serious injury cases but may not regularly litigate TBI cases. Tom’s message is simple: Start earlyAsk better questionsDocument symptomsMake sure those symptoms are reaching treating physiciansContinually evaluate whether the developing medical evidence supports the TBI case The goal is not to overbuild every potential brain injury claim. It is to recognize legitimate TBI cases early enough to develop the medical and factual record needed to accurately demonstrate the client’s injury when the case reaches trial. Connect Subscribe to Winning The TBI Case on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow on Facebook, LinkedIn, and InstagramAnd remember, don’t just listen to the strategies, implement them!
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    30 min
  • Exposing the Defense Expert Playbook with Dorothy Clay Sims

    Exposing the Defense Expert Playbook with Dorothy Clay Sims
    Jun 26 2026

    Defense experts often rely on a familiar set of arguments in traumatic brain injury cases. The challenge for plaintiff lawyers is knowing how to identify those themes and effectively challenge them.

    Welcome to Winning The TBI Case, hosted by trial lawyer Tom Crosley. Listen as Tom provides practical, powerful guidance for litigating traumatic brain injury cases. This podcast is meant for litigation attorneys who are ready to explore the essentials of TBI cases to confidently represent clients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries.

    This episode is for plaintiff lawyers who want to recognize and dismantle the predictable defense expert playbook in TBI cases. Dorothy Clay Sims reveals the recurring tactics they use and shares the research methods to expose their weaknesses.

    In this episode, Tom sits down with attorney Dorothy Clay Sims, author of Exposing Deceptive Defense Doctors and a nationally recognized authority on defense medical testimony. Drawing on decades of experience, Dorothy discusses the recurring strategies she sees in TBI litigation and the patterns that appear again and again in defense opinions. She also shares practical steps lawyers can take to identify weaknesses in those opinions and build a stronger case for their clients. Dorothy shares insights on:

    • Looking beyond the medical record to uncover critical evidence
    • Challenging imaging and neuropsychological opinions effectively
    • Researching and evaluating defense experts
    • Preparing for deposition with a strategic purpose
    • Avoiding common mistakes that can undermine a TBI case

    Whether you’re new to TBI litigation or looking to sharpen your approach, this episode offers practical guidance for recognizing and responding to the defense playbook.

    Connect
    • Connect directly with Dorothy Clay Sims: https://dorothyclaysims.com
    • Mentioned: Exposing Deceptive Defense Doctors
    • Subscribe to Winning The TBI Case on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.
    • Follow on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
    • And remember, don’t just listen to the strategies, implement them!
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    36 min
  • Defusing GCS in a Mild TBI Case

    Defusing GCS in a Mild TBI Case
    May 27 2026

    “GCS is not looking at long-term outcomes. It’s looking at that little slice in time right after the injury happened in the acute phase.” – Tom Crosley

    Welcome to Winning The TBI Case, hosted by trial lawyer Tom Crosley. Listen as Tom provides practical, powerful guidance for litigating traumatic brain injury cases. This podcast is meant for litigation attorneys who are ready to explore the essentials of TBI cases to confidently represent clients who have suffered traumatic brain injuries.

    What’s In This Episode:

    Tom Crosley explains how the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) gets weaponized by defense attorneys in mild TBI cases. He breaks down what GCS actually measures, why it was created, and how to defuse defense arguments that use normal GCS scores to discredit legitimate brain injury cases. Defusing the Defense Weapon

    This is for trial lawyers who need to understand why a normal GCS score doesn’t mean their client wasn’t injured. Tom reveals how defense attorneys take one number from acute medical records and use it to undermine entire cases. He explains the historical context of GCS which was created in 1974 as a bedside tool designed for neurosurgeons to assess coma depth and decide on emergency surgery, not to predict long-term outcomes.

    GCS measures three basic functions:

    • Eye opening
    • Verbal response
    • Motor commands

    All tests that any elementary school student or family dog could pass. Tom provides the analogies and cross-examination techniques to expose how this acute triage tool has zero relevance to how patients function years later in life. By understanding what GCS actually measures (and what it doesn’t), you have the power to educate juries and neutralize one of the defense’s favorite, and often misleading, arguments.

    Connect

    • Subscribe to Winning The TBI Case on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.
    • Follow on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram
    • And remember, don’t just listen to the strategies, implement them!
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    20 min
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