Is qEEG Evidence Admissible to Show a Brain Injury? A Washington State Court Says No

By Connor Rowinski and Robert Lee, of Cozen O’Connor In Washington, nearly every injury lawsuit now includes a traumatic brain injury claim. As brain MRIs and CT scans are almost always normal, plaintiffs’ counsel are seeking new ways to “show” the jury “proof” of the brain dysfunction. One of the new trends is the use of quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG) testing, which produces ominous, multi-colored brain charts and graphs that purportedly show this brain injury. A