Posts tagged injuries

• How to heal from a concussion.

  Ed Smith | October 13, 2006 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Many of us have seen professional athletes endure concussions. Suffering the effects of concussions have cut short the careers of superstars such as Steve Young of the San Francisco 49ers and Troy Aikman of the Dallas Cowboys. In addition to competitive team sports, auto accidents and slip and falls are a leading cause of concussions and/or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). How does one help...

• Brain Contusions vs. Brain Concussions

  Ed Smith | October 13, 2006 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Head trauma can cause brain damage in many ways. What is the difference between a brain contusion and brain concussion? When people experience head injury such as from an auto accident, there are popular misconceptions when comparing contusions to concussions. Are these head injuries the same in severity or is there no verifiable difference between the two conditions? ...

• Oakland Motorcycle Fatality

  Claude Wyle | January 12, 2012 1:09 AM | 1 CommentSan Francisco, CA Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  As an avid motorcycle rider and motorcycle attorney I have to say that I have heard way too many motorcycle fatality stories lately. There seem to be more bikers who are crashing and more car...

• Vacuum Truck Driver Killed in Explosion

  Christina Cole | March 13, 2007 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Man Killed in a deadly oil field explosion.A man is dead after the vacuum truck he was driving hit an oil well triggering a horrendous explosion, this morning.He was found dead two hours after the fire was reported, according to Fire Department officials. At first, officials were under the assumption that it was a natural gas fire with no injuries. Fire Rescue had to stay a good distance away...

• Great book on burn injuries

  Ed Smith | November 06, 2006 4:36 PM | 2 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  I just finished a wonderful book which would be a great starting place for young attorney's dealing with a burn injury case. It is called BURN UNIT and is sold on Amazon.If you are specifically interested in learning about what goes on in a burn unit or what goes on in a patient's body after they are burned, then this is an amazing book. It is very informative. The author talks about historical...

• "I don't remember anything about my accident."

  Ed Smith | October 18, 2006 5:49 PM | 0 CommentsSacramento, CA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  You are not alone. Many many victims of motor vehicle accidents say the same thing. In fact, a medical diagnosis exists addressing this very problem: "Traumatic Amnesia". As descirbed, even a relatively "minor" car accident in which the occupant suffers only mild whiplash symptoms, can result in an 'interruption in the short/long term memory transfer mechanism." What this means is, that...

• Natural Gas Explosion Burns Two Men

  Shannon Weidemann | September 26, 2007 3:36 PM | 0 CommentsLong Beach, CA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A drilling accident in Richland, New York caused two men to suffer burn injuries this morning. They were drilling a well looking for water when they hit a pocket of natural gas. One man suffered second and third-degree burns on his arms. The two men were drilling a well at 377 Canning Factory Road in Richland at 11:15 a.m. when their drill hit gas 120 feet below the surface, said state...

• Head Injury may be to Blame for Criminal Behavior

  Christina Cole | January 23, 2007 11:29 PM | 1 CommentLong Beach, CA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  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...

• San Francisco Pedestrian Accident Lawyer Sadly Reports Texting-While-Driving Child Fatality

  Claude Wyle | May 25, 2011 7:51 PM | 1 CommentSan Francisco, CA Category: Wrongful Death
  

  I have devoted my career to making drivers who cause fatalities accountable! Regardless, I am still shocked and saddened when I read about a fatality caused by a careless driver. When the core cause...

• Ranch Hands Burned in Water Well Explosion

  Todd Slaughter | July 25, 2008 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsRedding, CA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  ORLAND, California. The Chico Enterprise Record reported that two ranch hands were seriously injured yesterday when an irrigation well that they were working on suddenly exploded with flame. The...