Head & Brain Injuries

• 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...

• Promising treatment for traumatic brain injuries

  Dan Deuterman | June 05, 2007 9:08 AM | 0 CommentsGreensboro, NC

  Researchers may have discovered breakthrough treatment for traumatic brain injuries (TBI) with the hormone progesterone. Emory University has been conducting research on how progesterone helps speed the healing process of the brain. TBI has become a common injury of American troops in Iraq and, unfortunately, was what ABC news anchor Bob Woodruff suffered after a bomb explosion while reporting...

• Brain Injury More Common Than Most Realize

  Brad Parker | June 04, 2007 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Each year in the United States, over 1.4 million people suffer a brain injury. This averages out to one brain injury every 23 seconds of every day of the year. 235,000 of those 1.4 million individuals are hospitalized for their injuries and 50,000 of those who suffer brain injuries each year die. Those at greatest risk for brain injury are seniors, adolescents and young adults. ...

• Brain Injury Results from Negligence

  James McConkie | June 04, 2007 3:40 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Jim McConkie spoke to a group of lawyers at the law firm Prince Yeates in Salt Lake CIty, Utah today on cerebral palsy (CP) injuries which are a result of medical negligence at the time of birth. He said that each year 20% of children diagnosed with CP developed it as a result of a brain injury at the time of birth which could have been avoided. In fact 8,000 to 10,000 babies are diagnosed...

• Preventing Drowning Deaths

  Ken Margolin | June 04, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  You may have read the sad story last week, of the two toddlers who left their house, wandered down to a nearby pool, and drowned while their babysitter slept. The purpose of this blog is not to speculate on blame in that tragedy. It reminds us that summer season is here and with it, comes too many drowning deaths that could have been prevented. As was illustrated by the death of the two little...

• 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...

• Mediation of Personal Injury Cases

  Ken Margolin | May 31, 2007 7:00 AM | 0 CommentsBoston, MA

  Clients often ask me if "my case will have to go to court?" By that question, they mean, will it have to be tried before a jury, or will it settle "out of court." Most clients, even those who appreciate that they could get significantly more money with a verdict than through settlement, prefer the surety of a settlement over the high stakes gamble of a big score vs. nothing. Sometimes a case...

• 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...