In Southern California, it’s common for injured people to wait a day or two before getting imaging—sometimes because pain is manageable at first, sometimes because of scheduling delays. In a broken bone claim, those gaps can become a target.
What matters most is building a consistent chain of documentation:
- When symptoms started after the incident
- What imaging showed (X-ray/CT/MRI)
- How doctors described the mechanism of injury
- How treatment progressed (splint/cast, surgery if needed, physical therapy)
If you’re missing records or your timeline is unclear, that doesn’t automatically kill the case—but it does change how we have to work to prove causation.


