Medical Expert Opinion

Testimony for Personal Injury & Accidents

As a board-certified orthopedic spinal surgeon, Kenneth I. Light, M.D., is available to provide expert opinion and testimony in cases of personal injury claims, including but not limited to car accidents, motorcycle accidents, aviation accidents, bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, and slip and fall accidents.

As a nationally recognized specialist in the field, Dr. Light attended medical school at Cornell University College of Medicine before graduating from the University of San Francisco. He received training as a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgery. He has also provided expert testimony in injury lawsuits for both plaintiffs and defense attorneys.

Dr. Light has been qualified by multiple courts to testify as an expert and is available to provide litigation support and expert opinion on injuries stemming from myriad types of personal injury accidents. His staff is available to work collaboratively with attorneys and law firms to provide litigation support throughout California and in out-of-state cases.

Injuries resulting from auto accidents and other personal injuries may range in severity from mild whiplash to severe spinal cord trauma. While symptoms of many injuries may appear immediately, others may develop over time, appearing days, weeks, or even months after the incident. In other cases, a new injury will aggravate a previous injury or prior existing condition. Dr. Light may be brought in at any stage in litigation to provide expert opinion and/or testimony.

Depositions/Trials/Expert Witness

As a practicing orthopedic and spinal surgeon, Dr. Light previously served as the Director of Spinal Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital and Co-Medical Director at the San Francisco Spine Center at St. Francis Hospital. He is available to attorneys and their clients through all stages of litigation, including depositions.

Dr. Light is available to appear as an expert witness in the event that your client's case goes to trial.

Expert Medical Opinion, Motor Vehicle Accidents

Car accidents, motorcycle accidents, bicycle accidents, or pedestrian accidents can and frequently result in devastating and/or life-altering injuries for victims. Just a few of the myriad spinal injuries that may result from low or high-speed impact collisions include:

  • Failed Low Back Surgery
  • Low Back Pain
  • Neck Pain
  • Herniated Discs in the Lumbar Spine
  • Herniated Discs in the Cervical Spine
  • Herniated Discs in the Thoracic Spine
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Scoliosis
  • Spinal Fractures
  • Spinal Deformity
  • Spinal Tumors
  • Spinal Infections
  • Sciatica
  • Sacroiliac Joint Pain
  • Radiculopathy
  • Coccidynia

Following any sort of spinal injury, victims are at risk of chronic pain, at risk of requiring ongoing care, and at risk of having their ability to work compromised and/or enjoy the same quality of life they lived prior to the accident. Dr. Light offers his litigation support to attorneys representing and defending clients in motor vehicle accidents throughout Southern & Northern California.

To discuss the expert testimony services of Dr. Light, please contact his office at (415) 673-4500

Expert Spine Surgeon on Lien Personal Injury

Top-rated orthopedic spinal surgeon, Kenneth I. Light, MD, offers his expertise in complex and minimally-invasive spinal surgery to patients who have suffered spinal injuries due to an accident or from prior surgical negligence.

Dr. Light's impeccable education, training, and experience in orthopedic spinal surgery make him a perfect medical expert and surgeon for all personal injury cases.

Dr. Light employs the same high standards of care for all his patients, utilizing the most innovative and effective treatment options available in the medical field.

He performs orthopedic spinal surgery in both Northern and Southern California on a personal injury cases.

Regardless of the nature of the injury or accident, he provides exceptional evaluation, treatment, and care to patients with legal representation and works with personal injury attorneys on a lien basis.

Personal injury attorneys seeking assistance from Dr. Light are invited to contact Superior Medical Management for a case consultation at (909) 966-2920.