Head & Brain Injuries

• Concussion Treatment for VA High School Athletes

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | November 23, 2010 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Schools in Virginia (VA) stand near the top of national rankings for preparing children's, teens', and young adults' mind to understand and solve the world's problems. If recent efforts to develop...

• Youth Sports - Football Head Injury Rules Updated

  Doug Landau | November 22, 2010 8:28 AM | 1 CommentFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  In the wake of studies and reports as to traumatic brain injury in professional football players, as well as repeated concussions in athletes, the nation’s oldest and largest youth football...

• Disability cases require REAL lawyers and REAL preparation

  Doug Landau | November 20, 2010 12:02 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA

  At the Landau Law Shop, Herndon Disability lawyer Doug Landau was contacted by several families with bad outcomes as the result of using a volume law firm that failed to prepare their all important...

• 3-Year-Old's Cerebral Palsy Dramatically Improved After Receiving Injection of Own Stem Cells

  David Mittleman | November 17, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  According to recent reports, scientists successfully used the umbilical cord blood of a young girl to treat her own cerebral palsy. That three-year-old girl, Sasha Browne, was injected with the stem...

• Brain Injury From Truck Crash Leaves South Carolina (SC) Woman Unable to Pursue Career

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | November 15, 2010 9:45 AM | 1 CommentGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC

  I recently learned that a talented young woman in South Carolina (SC) received a $3 million settlement for medical expenses, lost wages and permanent mental disabilities she suffered after a cement...

• Does our Safety Equipment Really Keep us Safe?

  Jackie Lecher | October 28, 2010 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsPhoenix, AZ

  Larry E. Coben, who recently joined the Products Liability Department of Anapol Schwartz as a shareholder, has more than 35 years experience representing individuals who have been catastrophically...

• It’s Not Football

  Linda Chalat | October 22, 2010 3:52 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  An Iowa law limiting lawsuits in contact sports doesn't prevent a softball player from suing a batter for injuries suffered when a bat hit him in the head, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The...

• "Building-a-Bridge" Serves Brain Injured Victims

  Greg Webb | October 17, 2010 4:49 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  This writer has been fortunate enough to have served on the board of directors for a local (Charlottesville, Virginia) organization serving brain injured victims for almost two years. Building a...

• Quadraplegic Man Wins $6.4 Million After Sustaining Severe Brain Injuries on Bus

  David Mittleman | October 16, 2010 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  A Northern California City and the West Coast Company that operates MetroAccess in the Washington region have been ordered to pay $6.4 million to Thomas Avery, a quadraplegic man who was severely...

• Saline Ineffective as Treatment for Brain Trauma

  Michael Phelan | October 06, 2010 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Sadly, another promising therapy for brain trauma has been debunked by scientists. Paramedics have been administering highly concentrated saline solution given intravenously to victims of traumatic...