Head & Brain Injuries

• More Head Injuries in High School Athletes

  Shannon Weidemann | July 24, 2007 4:19 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  A study released by the American Journal of Sports Medicine has shown that high school athletes are three times more likely to suffer a catastrophic head injury than college athletes. The study was conducted by Dr. Barry P. Boden on 94 cases that happened between 1989 and 2002. Boden's group defined catastrophic head injuries as injuries resulting in death, permanent disability or serious...

• Child Dies From Head Injury in Greenville

  Shannon Weidemann | July 15, 2007 5:12 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A little girl visiting the Greenville Zoo was hit on the head by a falling tree branch and suffered a severe head and brain injury. The 3-year-old was at the zoo with family members when the accident happened. Her aunt tried to get her out of the way of the falling branch but was not successful. She was taken to Greenville Hospital to be treated for her injuries. Doctors say her brain...

• Mom Arrested for Treating Son's Fatal Head Injury With Popsicle

  Chrissie Cole | July 13, 2007 11:13 PM | 0 CommentsTucson, AZ

  A 24-year-old mother has been arrested for treating her 2-year-old son's head injury with a Popsicle, instead of calling 911. The boy later died from the fatal head injury.The boy fell eight feet down a u-shaped stairwell in their apartment building on Wednesday morning, according to police. Investigators say instead of calling 911 for assistance, she placed a Popsicle on her son's head and put...

• Brain injury: A major problem in Virginia (VA) and Nationwide

  Rick Shapiro | July 06, 2007 3:54 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  Brain injury is a major cause of death and disability of people under age 45 and a significant medical/legal issue in tort and insurance law today. According to the Brain Injury Association of Virginia (VA) 28,000 visits to an emergency room occur in Virginia (VA) each year as a result of traumatic brain injury. Across the U.S. traumatic brain injury (TBI) costs over 56 billion dollars every...

• Virginia (VA) Woman Suffers Brain Injury Caused by Teenagers in Automobile Collision

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | July 06, 2007 3:34 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  According to an article in the Virginia Lawyers Weekly, a nurse from Falls Church, Virginia (VA), named Molly Raymond, suffered mild brain injury after being hit by two cars, both driven by teenagers. Because of the brain injury, she has no longer been able to work or continue her regular activities. The lawsuit from this accident was pending in the Fairfax, Virginia (VA) Circuit Court. The...

• Brain Damage Possible From Open Wound or Closed Head Injury

  Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton | June 25, 2007 11:43 AM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  There are three types of brain injury depending upon how bad the injury is. Lawyers who handle traumatic brain injury cases have to be aware of the medicine and science related to the different categories of brain injury. The injury lawyer who handles automobile accident cases, slip and fall cases, and all types accidents may encounter either in a person with a closed head injury meaning no...

• The Video Settlement Brochure

  Ken Margolin | June 22, 2007 12:20 PM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  In a previous blog, I wrote about day-in-the-life videos. These are videos that film a severely injured plaintiff and capture vignettes of a typical day, in a 20 - 30 minute movie. If done properly, they can be shown to a jury at trial. Another tool that any lawyer representing a client with catastrophic injuries may consider, is a video settlement brochure. In the video settlement brochure, the...

• Cell Phones, Like Alcohol, Cause Wrongful Death

  Brad Parker | June 14, 2007 8:18 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Every year, Utah citizens suffer the tragedy of alcohol related wrongful deaths caused by drunken drivers. Though it is clearly illegal to drive under the influence of alcohol, and although the dangers of drunk driving are widely known, an alarming number of individuals still drive while intoxicated and each year lives of Utah citizens are unnecessarily cut short because of drunken driving...

• Study Finds Concussions Increase Risk of Depression

  Dan Deuterman | June 11, 2007 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  A recent study of retired NFL players found those who experienced at least three concussions during their careers had triple the risk of suffering from depression than those players who had no concussions. The study of 2,500 retired players, conducted through UNC-Chapel Hill Center for the Study of Retired Athletes and published in the journal of American College of Sports Medicine, said the...

• Child in Accident Suffers Brain Injury

  Shannon Weidemann | June 08, 2007 10:06 PM | 0 CommentsCharlotte, NC

  A Northampton boy was struck by a car and suffered a brain injury on Wednesday afternoon. The 6-year-old boy is at a local hospital for multiple injuries. He was trying to cross a street when he was hit by the car. Bob Johnson, the boy's uncle, said Luke also suffered two broken legs, a broken jaw, broken eye socket, punctured lung and a possible spinal injury. He said he underwent an...