J. Sherrod Taylor, BA, MA, JD, is a partner in the Law Firm of Taylor & Harp, located in Columbus, Georgia. He is also Adjunct Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine Emory University School of Medicine, and Editor-in-Chief, The Neurolaw Letter. Acknowledgment: The author thanks J. Anderson Harp, a director of the National Spinal Cord Injury Association, for assistance in preparing this manuscript.