Study Shows Possible Way to Determine Negligence with Hand Injuries

A British study analyzing the relationship between apportionment and hand-transmitted vibration concluded that physicians could draw conclusions about an employer's negligence by analyzing the delay between when the injury actually began and comparing it to an estimate by when the injury would have begun without the negligent behavior.The study, named “Negligent exposures to hand-transmitted vibration,” sought to consider “alternative ways of apportioning negligent and non-negligent exposures to hand-transmitted vibration.” The researchers concluded that a reasonabl...