Head & Brain Injuries

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

  John Cooper | 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

  John Cooper | 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...

• Brain Injury Causes Later-Life Depression

  Michael Phelan | May 31, 2007 11:52 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  A study by the University of North Carolina's Center for the Study of Retired Athletes of over 2,500 retired NFL players found that the rate of clinical depression among the population of retired players is strongly correlated with the number of concussions they sustained during their careers. This study corroborates other findings regarding brain injury and later-life depression in other...

• Palm Bay Man Suffers Head Injury

  Shannon Weidemann | May 25, 2007 2:10 PM | 0 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  A man from Palm Bay was working underneath his vehicle when the trailer hitch fell onto his head. The trailer hitch also pinned the man to the ground. The head injury victim was airlifted to a hospital in Orlando and was listed in critical condition.Palm Bay police said Marski was underneath a raised sport utility when the trailer hitch broke off."The metal portion came down on his head...

• Brain Injury Verdict Among Virginia's Largest

  Rick Shapiro | May 15, 2007 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  A woman was recently awarded 12 million dollars for a brain injury from a 2003 fall. The Hampton, Virginia (VA) jury made this large award in a slip and fall accident case. The large multi-million dollar jury award is probably among the highest in the slip and fall/premises liability category in Virginia (VA) history, and the plaintiff was represented by Stephen Smith, of Hampton, Virginia...

• Brain Injury: The Walking Wounded

  John Cooper | May 03, 2007 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsNorfolk, Portsmouth & Hampton, VA

  A recent medical study of professional football players has showed that brain injury is a more significant problem, than thought. However, brain injury has probably been ignored or down played in the NFL and the medical community for a long time. Because brain injury is not always as obvious as some kind of a broken bone, it is easier to forget about or treat the injury as less than a real...

• Traumatic Brain Injuries Stress VA Hospitals

  Michael Phelan | March 26, 2007 8:46 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The local Richmond newspaper ran a story today about two wounded Iraq veterans whose families report entirely different experiences at the McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The wife of one vet reported that the hospital worked miracles on her husband who broke his back in a vehicle roll-over. In contrast, the wife of a vet who was shot in the head during combat was very critical of the...

• New Methods to Detect Brain Injury Explained

  Staff Writer | March 22, 2007 5:05 PM | 0 CommentsVirginia Beach, Chesapeake & Suffolk, VA

  For the last several decades, doctors and hospitals have used a device called a pulse oximeter to measure the amount of oxygen in someone's blood during medical procedures and surgeries. The purpose of this device is to ensure that while the patient is unresponsive due to anesthesia, he does not suffer a brain injury because of loss of oxygen in the blood. The pulse...

• An Open Letter to the American Association for Justice: Reactivate the Trial Lawyers Care Volunteer Project to Help Brain-Injured Iraq War Soldiers

  Michael Phelan | March 12, 2007 10:48 AM | 4 CommentsRichmond, VA

  I read with disgust the latest news account of how the Pentagon is failing to provide necessary medical care for soldiers who suffer brain injuries in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. Largely because of the improvised explosive devices used by Iraq insurgents, traumatic brain injury has become the signature wound of the Iraq War. In an article titled, "For War's Gravely Injured, Challenge to...

• Defense Department Memo Reveals Traumatic Brain Injury Now Signature Injury of Iraq War, Yet is Under-diagnosed and Poorly Treated

  Michael Phelan | March 08, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  According to a previously undisclosed Defense Department memorandum obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request by USA Today: Military Prodded on Traumatic Brain Injuries, the Pentagon lacks a comprehensive plan to identify and treat tens of thousands of troops who may suffer from traumatic brain injury, the signature wound of the Iraq War. The Memo faulted the Pentagon's ability to spot...