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Torts/Personal Injury

Mar. 12, 2026

The drug that's rewriting surgical eligibility and injury valuations

The assumption that metabolic health is a static backdrop in personal injury law no longer holds. Weight, diabetes, cardiovascular risk and inflammation, once facts in the record, are now variables that can change over the life of a case.

Jason Javaheri

Co-Founder and Co-CEO
J&Y Law

1880 Century Park East, Suite 717
Century City , CA 90067

Email: jason@jnylaw.com

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Yosi Yahoudai

Co-Founder and Managing Partner
J&Y Law

Phone: (877) 862-4317

Email: intakes@jnylaw.com

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The drug that's rewriting surgical eligibility and injury valuations
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For decades, personal injury law has treated metabolic health as a static backdrop. Weight, diabetes, cardiovascular risk and inflammation were facts in the record, not variables that could meaningfully change during the life of a case. 

That assumption no longer holds. 

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