Head & Brain Injuries

• Do your Duty. Jury Duty.

  Lawrence Knapp | June 04, 2009 5:41 PM | 1 CommentModesto, CA

  As a trial attorney, I am always disheartened when I hear friends and acquaintances bash jury duty. I represent folks who have spinal injuries, broken arms and legs, head injuries or a family member...

• ABC Reports that Helmets can Prevent Head Injuries

  Barbara Burks | April 14, 2009 3:21 PM | 0 CommentsChico, CA

  In a short article by Alicia Malaby of News10 ABC in Sacramento, the truth comes out about helmets. It turns out, they can save your life. Shockingly, most people were not surprised by this...

• Is Lawsuit Involving Little League Bat Wrong?

  Larry Knapp | May 19, 2008 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsModesto, CA

  Today a brain injured child's lawyer filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the metal bat from which the baseball that hit the boy in the chest just above his heart (causing the heart to arrest...

• Another headache for veterans: the late effects of head injuries

  Ray Mattison | April 24, 2008 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsSan Luis Obispo, CA

  Head injured Iraq veterans may suffer cognitive and intellectual problems in later life.

• Brain Injuries Lead to Mental Decline as Patients Age

  Ray Mattison | April 23, 2008 8:55 PM | 0 CommentsSan Luis Obispo, CA

  A growing body of evidence indicates that people who suffer traumatic brain injuries can develop dementia like symptoms in later life. In a study published in the online journal Brain, a study of...

• Potential New Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury

  Randy Walton | October 17, 2007 5:40 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, the alma mater of both Randy Walton and Scott Barber, have identified a potential new therapy for chronic spasticity and rigity, and painful condition that is frequently the result of spinal cord injury.According to yesterday's press release, in work with rats it has been demonstrated that an "AMPA receptor antagonist called NGX424...

• South San Francisco Woman Suffers Brain Injuries in Hit and Run

  Claude Wyle | September 22, 2007 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  A South San Francisco woman was struck by yet another hit and run driver while walking her dog this last Tuesday. The dog was killed and this woman suffered severe brain injuries. Although she is expected to survive this pedestrian accident, she will have to live with the day to day nightmare of serious head trauma. Some people in a following car chased the hit and run driver, but have yet to...

• Brain Damage A Cruel Legacy From Iraq War

  Claude Wyle | September 16, 2007 10:36 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  The war in Iraq is still raging, but one legacy is already making itself known across America: an epidemic of brain-damaged GIs. Thousands of troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury, or TBI. These blast-caused head injuries are so different from the ones doctors are used to seeing from falls or motorcycle or bicycle or car crashes, that helping these head injured patients is...

• Traumatic Brain Injuries From Car And Motorcycle Accidents

  Claude Wyle | September 05, 2007 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Astoundingly, 1.5-2 million people a year sustain traumatic brain injury (TBI) from motor vehicle accidents such as automobile accidents and motorcycle accidents, as well as bicycle accidents and pedestrian accidents and falls, sport injuries, and other traumatic events. 500,000 of these TBIs are severe enough to require hospitalization, and 50,000 people die from complications of head...

• Teen Suffers Head Injury in Slow Speed Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 03, 2007 10:15 PM | 0 CommentsSan Diego, CA

  A 17-year-old girl was transported to St. Joseph Hospital after suffering a head injury in a slow moving accident, on Sunday, in a parking lot on State Highway 299.According to California Highway Patrol, the girl was with three companions in a 1994 Chrysler LeBaron when they stopped to rest on the wayside. At which time an unlicensed male passenger borrowed the car keys from the driver to...