Bryan Callen

She would make her way to either a physician or, in some cases, a lawyer. She would undergo an evaluation, and she would endorse the existence of pain complaints throughout her body. This person would undergo a series of diagnostic studies that failed to reveal anything that was significant, certainly not enough to explain all of the pain symptoms that this person endorsed.

As a young lawyer, I took this lady's deposition probably 30 or 40 times. And I would get them to speak to their pain. I would get them to speak to their debility. And then I would pull out their medical records, which demonstrated that CT scans, MRIs, electrodiagnostic studies, all had failed to reveal any objective physiological explanation for their complaints of pain.

As a young lawyer, I took this lady's deposition probably 30 or 40 times. And I would get them to speak to their pain. I would get them to speak to their debility. And then I would pull out their medical records, which demonstrated that CT scans, MRIs, electrodiagnostic studies, all had failed to reveal any objective physiological explanation for their complaints of pain.

As a young lawyer, I took this lady's deposition probably 30 or 40 times. And I would get them to speak to their pain. I would get them to speak to their debility. And then I would pull out their medical records, which demonstrated that CT scans, MRIs, electrodiagnostic studies, all had failed to reveal any objective physiological explanation for their complaints of pain.

And being enthusiastic and wanting to defend the very best interests of my clients, I thought that I was being put on. that the plaintiff's lawyer had sat with this lady and had come up with a sob story to tell me in order to pull money out of my client's pockets.

And being enthusiastic and wanting to defend the very best interests of my clients, I thought that I was being put on. that the plaintiff's lawyer had sat with this lady and had come up with a sob story to tell me in order to pull money out of my client's pockets.

And being enthusiastic and wanting to defend the very best interests of my clients, I thought that I was being put on. that the plaintiff's lawyer had sat with this lady and had come up with a sob story to tell me in order to pull money out of my client's pockets.

I was always very patient, and I was kind with the individual, but I would say, Ma'am, we have gone through a stack of medical records, and there does not appear to be anything wrong with you. And this lady would start to cry and she would say, Mr. Hubbard, I'm not a doctor and I can't tell you what's wrong with me.

I was always very patient, and I was kind with the individual, but I would say, Ma'am, we have gone through a stack of medical records, and there does not appear to be anything wrong with you. And this lady would start to cry and she would say, Mr. Hubbard, I'm not a doctor and I can't tell you what's wrong with me.

I was always very patient, and I was kind with the individual, but I would say, Ma'am, we have gone through a stack of medical records, and there does not appear to be anything wrong with you. And this lady would start to cry and she would say, Mr. Hubbard, I'm not a doctor and I can't tell you what's wrong with me.

The only thing that I can tell you is from the time I open my eyes until I go to bed, I hurt from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet and I can't hardly make myself get up out of bed. This person's medical treatment

The only thing that I can tell you is from the time I open my eyes until I go to bed, I hurt from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet and I can't hardly make myself get up out of bed. This person's medical treatment

The only thing that I can tell you is from the time I open my eyes until I go to bed, I hurt from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet and I can't hardly make myself get up out of bed. This person's medical treatment

by the time they got to me, had consisted of the application of high-powered narcotic medications in response to their complaints, along with habituate and psychotropic medications, Oxycontin, Xanax, Xanaflex, the whole nine yards. If they were not physiologically disabled by their accident, they had been physiologically disabled by the pharmacology that had been thrown at them.

by the time they got to me, had consisted of the application of high-powered narcotic medications in response to their complaints, along with habituate and psychotropic medications, Oxycontin, Xanax, Xanaflex, the whole nine yards. If they were not physiologically disabled by their accident, they had been physiologically disabled by the pharmacology that had been thrown at them.

by the time they got to me, had consisted of the application of high-powered narcotic medications in response to their complaints, along with habituate and psychotropic medications, Oxycontin, Xanax, Xanaflex, the whole nine yards. If they were not physiologically disabled by their accident, they had been physiologically disabled by the pharmacology that had been thrown at them.

I took this person's deposition hundreds of times. And one day driving down the road, it dawned on me that whether these ladies had physical symptoms which were identifiable or not, they were truly, genuinely experiencing profound pain which had caused significant debility. That pain was not physical. It was emotional and it was spiritual. These ladies had worked lifetimes looking at a dead end.

I took this person's deposition hundreds of times. And one day driving down the road, it dawned on me that whether these ladies had physical symptoms which were identifiable or not, they were truly, genuinely experiencing profound pain which had caused significant debility. That pain was not physical. It was emotional and it was spiritual. These ladies had worked lifetimes looking at a dead end.

I took this person's deposition hundreds of times. And one day driving down the road, it dawned on me that whether these ladies had physical symptoms which were identifiable or not, they were truly, genuinely experiencing profound pain which had caused significant debility. That pain was not physical. It was emotional and it was spiritual. These ladies had worked lifetimes looking at a dead end.

And at the time that they had their work accident, it was the straw that broke the camel's back for any hope they had of a future defined by dignity and autonomy. And their hope had been broken. And that broken hope came through as profound physical pain that was rooted within their spirit.