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AMA Updates Guidance on Permanent Impairment Ratings, Chicago, IL — The American Medical Association has updated its .

I. The personal injury legal system is dependent upon medicine. People obviously require care and treatment for injuries; the dependence runs deeper however. When determining damages, the law needs a methodology for predicting future medical costs, for assessing overall function loss, and in general calculating appropriate damages. Despite the law's need for this, lawyers are not postured to deliver with any sense of objectivity. Thus, the legal system turns to other professions to deliver opinions upon which the legal system may rely. Opinions are diverse. Anyone's opinion on a topic may be ...