Posts tagged head

• Toledo Woman In Critical Condition Following Crash

  Chrissie Cole | March 23, 2010 10:03 PM | 0 CommentsToledo, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Toledo woman, 56, is in critical condition at The University of Toledo Medical Center after sustaining a serious head injury in a car accident Sunday afternoon. Troopers are still...

• Ohio Spangenberg Attorney Settles ATV Injury Case Pre-Suit

  Nick DiCello | March 14, 2009 1:15 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  When used for recreation, ATVs can be a lot of fun. Furthermore, they have a wide range of utility for industrial use. As with any vehicle, however, there are dangers associated with ATVS....

• Car accident involving bicyclist causes personal injury to Toledo man

  Chuck Boyk | August 22, 2008 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  More than 36,000 bicycle riders suffer personal injuries during bicycle accidents involving cars, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Terry Chorzempa of Toledo...

• $650,000,000 Lawsuit Over Pants Is An Insult to Lawyers and Our Justice System

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | May 05, 2007 2:53 PM | 1 CommentCleveland, OH Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Recently, the national news media has picked up and reported on the filing of a rather rediculous law suit being pursued by an attorney, who is also a judge no less, representing himself in a claim for $650,000,000 in damages from a dry cleaner in Washington D.C. over a pair of pants. While the merit of the claim remains in question and the recovery for this judge, if anything, will likely...

• Traumatic Brain Injury Takes Toll on the Victim and the Family

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | April 23, 2007 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsAkron, OH Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Traumatic brain injuries take a toll not only on the injured victim but also on the family and care-givers. When a person is injured in a car accident, a fall, a workplace injury or otherwise and experiences a closed head injury and/or brain damage, the recovery is slow and often incomplete. While the patient struggles to adapt, so too do those around the injured person. Uncontrolled...

• Explaining Damages in a Civil Law Suit: What's Your Case Worth?

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | April 09, 2007 5:21 PM | 0 CommentsAkron, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Attorney Scott Smith does a nice job of summarizing the role of damages in a civil law suit in his April 7th blog post. Scott talks about compensatory, punitive and nominal damages and how they come into play when a jury makes its decision of what verdict to award a plaintiff in a personal injury law suit. The law permits you to seek recovery after an accident to "make you whole again." The...

• Loyalty of Hoover Employees Lost on Company

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | April 04, 2007 3:14 AM | 0 CommentsAkron, OH Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  When clients and their families call my office seeking representation after a catastrophic workplace injury, whether it be a head injury or even a wrongful death claim, the call is often predicated with the statement: " we are not the type of family that sues." I am always puzzled by this predicate statement because in essence it suggests the clients are the type of people to let someone else...

• New Research to See if Epilepsy Can Be Prevented in Head Injury Victims

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | April 02, 2007 4:51 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Victims of traumatic brain injuries often develop epilepsy later in life as a result of their injuries. New research is tyring to discover why and see if anything can be done to prevent epilepsy. New efforts are trying seizure medications to see if they will act to prevent epilepsy from developing.Traumatic brain injury victims often see symptoms develop months or even years after their...

• Traumatic Brain Injury May Show No Visible Damage But Can Have Devastating Effect

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | March 27, 2007 10:07 PM | 0 CommentsAkron, OH Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  When someone suffers a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a car accident, workplace or industrial accident, or as the result of a fall, concussion or other traumatic event, the impact of the injury can be severe or appear to be almost non-existent. However, a TBI can do significant damage without leaving any visible signs, so the initial injury is often dismissed as just a bump on the head when far...

• Don't Wait Too Long....Time Lines for Filing Suit

  Spangenberg Shibley & Liber | March 12, 2007 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There is a clock ticking from the date you are injured....and it only hurts the victim. In Ohio, and every state, there is a "statute of limitations" which governs the amount of time which a victim has to file a complaint against the individual/s or company which caused him or her harm. This time period typically begins when the individual is injured, for example, when the car accident...