Head & Brain Injuries

• Traumatic Brain Injury

  John Inserra | May 23, 2006 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Sometimes, a simple headache is the only symptom of a traumatic brain injury; but traumatic brain injuries can have many degrees of severity and manifest themselves in many ways. Always be on the lookout for symptoms which can include can include pain, nausea, seizures, confusion, memory loss, a change in personality, depression, irritability, and other emotional and behavioral problems. The...

• Pain and Its Causes

  John Inserra | May 22, 2006 2:59 PM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  Thanks to my paraglegal, Christy Koch, for finding a list of articles from the International Study of Pain. The list of articles runs a gamet from pain in children, spinal pain, fibromyalgia pain, pain and depression, and on and on. The articles are scientific in nature, written by medical providers, whose object is to study pain.

• Can Minor School Bus Accidents Lead to Head or Serious Injuries?

  Craig Kelley | May 22, 2006 1:14 AM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Taking the good old tradional big yellow bus to school has long been touted as the best way to keep our children safe during transport. But is it? Read the well-researched school bus safety article to help figure out YOUR answer, and thus opinions, reagrding this question and issue.

• Jury Service and Tort Reform

  John Inserra | May 19, 2006 9:22 AM | 0 CommentsOmaha, NE

  States are passing "Tort Reform" legislation that should make sense to everyone. It is not about capping one group or another's liability or damages, but rather, it is about fairness to jurors. Jury service is a civil duty, but it can be very instrusive and a financial hardship on people. My experience with jurors is that they take their job very seriously, but they are always put out by the...

• The Trauma Doesn't End with the Brain Injury

  Craig Kelley | May 08, 2006 5:14 PM | 0 CommentsCouncil Bluffs, IA

  Medical science has only just begun to unravel the mysteries of brain injury. Consequently, when it happens to you, or someone you love, you find yourself ill-equipped to deal with the sweeping, life changes it brings. Statistics from the National Institutes of Health found that 85% of brain injury patients do not receive any treatment or counseling concerning the long term difficulties caused...

• House Bill to Protect Manufacturers of Defective Products

  Staff Writer | May 01, 2006 8:03 AM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  The Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives is considering a bill which would protect manufacturers of defective products from lawsuits by persons injured by those products. HR3509 would completely eliminate the rights of workers covered by workers' compensation to hold the sellers and manufacturers of this equipment accountable when they are injured by a defective product that is...

• Iraq War Brain Injury Feature of NBC News

  Staff Writer | April 27, 2006 9:11 AM | 1 CommentOmaha, NE

  Bob Westbrook is a brain injury victim located in Toledo Ohio who owns the blog Ran with the devil, Walked with angels. I am an avid reader of Bob's posts, and he brought my attention to a series NBC news has been running this week. The stories have focused on brain injuries and the Iraq War. Their features have talked about how brain injuries are common among Iraq War vets, how brain...

• Ashamed at the thought of bringing a lawsuit?

  Staff Writer | April 01, 2006 12:03 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Many prospective clients open our conversation with an apology. They feel ashamed for wanting to use the court system and bringing a lawsuit against a corporation or a doctor. They then assure me that they're not sue crazy, and that they have tried every other means of resolution apart from bringing a lawsuit. As I write this, powerful corporate interests lobby members of the legislature to...

• New Court Decision Holds Hotels Liable For Many Criminal Attacks

  Rick Shapiro | March 26, 2006 7:35 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  It is reasonable for the law to impose upon the innkeeper, and on the common carrier, a duty to take reasonable precautions to protect his guests against injury caused by the criminal conduct on the part of other guests or strangers if the danger of injury by such conduct is known to the innkeeper or reasonably foreseeable...." In March, 2006, the Virginia Supreme Court announced a...

• Electricity, Gas, Explosions--Special Rules Apply to Extremely Dangerous Activities

  Rick Shapiro | March 05, 2006 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Virginia follows some special tort rules when it comes to blasting, electricity, explosives and gas. Any person who is involved with explosive products or blasting activities must use use a high degree of care, corresponding to the dangers involved, to prevent injury to others. If this is violated, there is "strict liability" on the person or company involved with the explosives. The law...