Posts tagged trauma

• HB 4936 - Putting Michigan's drivers in harm's way.

  Timothy Smith | January 05, 2012 10:28 AM | 7 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In mid-September, Representative Peter Lund, who is Chair of the House Insurance Committee, introduced House Bill 4936 which is a reform proposal being pushed by Michigan’s Auto Insurance...

• The Forgotten Injury After TBI: The Injury to the Marriage

  Timothy Smith | December 16, 2010 12:32 PM | 2 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  It is clear to the doctors who treat traumatic brain injury, as well as the attorneys that represent those same injured individuals, that the organic damage to the brain itself is a very real injury...

• Endocrine System Dysfunction Following Brain Injury

  Timothy Smith | January 15, 2009 2:14 PM | 2 CommentsGrand Rapids, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  SeminarWeb has asked me to speak again on this emerging issue in the area of traumatic brain injury. I presented this issue to a national group of attorneys in early 2008 and have been asked to...

• Advanced Technology Showing How PTSD Alters Brain Function

  David Mittleman | November 28, 2009 4:22 PM | 4 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  For years people suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were dismissed as complainers and fakers. Their cases were given little to no serious consideration from the medical community...

• Loss of Consciousness & Traumatic Brain Injury

  Timothy Smith | May 26, 2011 11:19 AM | 0 CommentsTraverse City, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  The defense expert. The hired gun. I've written a bit about these physicians who are hired by insurance companies and defense attorneys to criticize my clients. The lengths that they will go to...

• Use Your Head on the Slopes. Wear a Helmet

  Mark Bello | January 16, 2012 11:52 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Two years ago, Natasha Richardson fell on a beginner slope. It was described as a normal fall. She got up and walked away, complaining only of a bad headache and insisting she didn't need...

• Great New York Times Article Regarding the Power of the Brain to Heal Itself

  Timothy Smith | August 11, 2009 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Rapids, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  The Science of Identity For all that scientists have studied it, the brain remains the most complex and mysterious human organ — and, now, the focus of billions of dollars’ worth of...

• Timothy Smith accepts position on the National Advisory Board to the Sara Jane Brain Project

  Timothy Smith | July 06, 2009 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsGrand Rapids, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Odd name, huh? The Sara Jane Brain Project. But what is odd in name is absolutely breathtaking in what the project is trying to accomplish as it works to create a model system for children suffering...

• Even Low-Impact Car Crashes Can Result in Serious Injuries

  David Mittleman | January 25, 2011 10:13 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Recently, a few of my colleagues on IB have focused attention on the fact that even low-impact car crashes can have serious consequences for drivers. For example, low impact crashes can cause brain...

• Brain Injury Awareness Month Campaign

  Steven Gursten | March 27, 2012 3:15 PM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  As lawyers for injury victims, we get an up-close look at how the lives of traumatic brain injury survivors are dramatically impacted by their injuries. As you might know, March is Brain...