Posts tagged traumatic brain injury

• 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...

• 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...

• Woman Overcomes Brain Injury With Courage, Perseverance

  David Mittleman | May 26, 2011 8:51 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  At the age of 22, homemaker and aerobics instructor Su Meck was seriously injured when a ceiling fan fell on her. The accident caused numerous skull fractures, resulting in a severe brain injury...

• 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...

• Protecting Student Athletes From Concussions Act

  Mark Bello | October 01, 2010 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  School sports are a great way for students to stay healthy while learning important team-building skills. However, some students are staying in the game not recognizing the risks of playing hurt...

• Traumatic Brain Injuries, And Their Debilitating Effects, Receiving Greater Attention

  David Mittleman | October 01, 2010 9:30 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Traumatic injuries are generally thought to be readily apparent. A broken bone, a herniated disc – these are obvious results of a distinct event, like a car crash. What many people do not...

• For the Safety of Your Kids, Please Secure Your Household Appliances & Furniture

  Mark Bello | September 24, 2010 4:13 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A stove tipped over and crushed a 2-year-old boy when he climbed on the over door to reach something on the counter top. Although preventable, this type of accident is unfortunately not rare....

• Full Speed Ahead for California Ski Safety Legislation

  Mark Bello | September 07, 2010 4:04 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  I know, the weather is still hot and it feels like Summer; but, ski season is almost upon us. Currently, California has 32 largely unregulated ski resorts. Resorts are not required to publicly...

• A Son's Journey Back from Traumatic Brain Injury

  Mark Bello | September 03, 2010 2:54 PM | 3 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Sunday morning a phone rang…a call from a hospital hundreds of miles away. That day was the beginning of a long journey, full of highs and the lows, over the next 2 ½ years and...

• Lansing Police Car Crash Case Set for Trial

  Nolan Erickson | May 27, 2010 8:58 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Seven months ago, a Lansing Police Department emergency vehicle slammed into an Oldsmobile carrying three young men. The cruiser was allegedly responding to an emergency call at the time of the...