Head & Brain Injuries

• Brain Injuries: Multiple Sclerosis Aggravation by Stress and Trauma

  Claude Wyle | December 23, 2010 12:00 PM | 2 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  There is a well established medical relationship between the aggravation of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and stress and head trauma. The medical literature associated with MS which has come out since...

• San Francisco General Hospital Gains Certification for Traumatic Brain Injury

  Claude Wyle | October 07, 2011 7:08 PM | 1 CommentSan Francisco, CA

  San Francisco General Hospital is proud to become the first brain trauma treatment center in the U.S.A. to receive a certification for the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI), a recognition...

• Mission District Hit-and-Run Caused Fatality For San Francisco Pedestrian

  Claude Wyle | June 27, 2011 9:38 PM | 1 CommentSan Francisco, CA

  Another pedestrian has been killed on Saturday in a San Francisco hit-and-run fatality when a minivan hit a 40-50-year-old man. The pedestrian was left on the street suffering from severe trauma and...

• Why people affected by brain injuries need a legal representation

  John Demas | May 13, 2010 8:45 PM | 1 CommentSacramento, CA

  To understand why legal representation is necessary for a person affected by brain injuries, it first helps to know what one is. The Brain Injury Association of America describes a traumatic brain...

• 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...

• Head Injury may be to Blame for Criminal Behavior

  Christina Cole | January 23, 2007 11:29 PM | 1 CommentLong Beach, CA

  A man accused of having involvement in a gruesome murder on Fort Ord in 2004 might not have been aware of his actions due to a head injury he sustained the day before, said a neurologist.Dr. Arthur Kowell testified that there was indeed a high probability that a skull fracture that Allen Dalton had suffered in a pistol-whipping on April 15th had left him with a severe concussion or brain...

• Left Turn by PG&E Truck in Mission District Causes Severe Injuries to Bicyclist

  Claude Wyle | May 15, 2012 6:01 PM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Bike to Work Day should have been a great day for all San Francisco Bay Area cyclists, however it was a very bad day for one 27-year-old cyclist who was struck by a PG&E truck as the truck...

• Brain Injury News: New SPECT Brain Scans Can Assist in Diagnosing How Explosions Affect the Brain

  Claude Wyle | September 01, 2011 1:26 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  The U.S. Army has been using a new brain imaging procedure in order to evaluate patients with traumatic brain injuries (a.k.a. TBI). It is a brain scan commonly used to study dementia to find...

• San Francisco Brain Injury Attorney Reminds of the Importance of Head Protection For Sports

  Claude Wyle | March 13, 2011 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  Teen baseball pitcher for Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, models a prototype protective helmet for baseball pitchers. He was a victim of a head trauma after being struck in the head by a...

• San Francisco Brain Injury Attorney Reports Hit-and-Run on Market Street

  Claude Wyle | March 11, 2011 4:05 AM | 0 CommentsSan Francisco, CA

  I am sad to report that a woman was critically injured in a San Francisco hit-and-run a few days ago on Market Street. The pedestrian in her 60s suffered a brain injury and several broken bones...