Iowa updates in category: Head & Brain Injuries

I'm more interested in telling you what you need to hear rather than want to hear. Lawyers have to talk straight to their clients or the value of their advice is reduced. When it comes to personal injury protect your brain with a helmet. Don't wait to blame the car or truck driver for not seeing you. Because when you're in a wreck and suffer brain damage there is no cure. Be safe not stupid!

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Long and short term disability insurance can be a life-saving safety net, but only if the insurance company treats you fairly. Today Steve Lombardi discussed the insurance contract provision known as good faith and fair dealing; as opposed to treatment that shows bad faith on the part of the insurance company.

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Today Megan discusses the right and wrong ways to wear a helmet. In order for the helmet to prove beneficial, it must be worn flat atop the head, have a snug fit, and be positioned so as not to obstruct the bicyclist's field of vision. In addition, a bicyclist should buy the right kind of helmet, relative to the type of bikeriding being performed.

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Medical research has shown that wearing a helmet can prevent 85% of bicycle injuries; yet, 43% of cyclists claim they never wear one.

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When faced with the catastrophic effects of a brain injury what should a person do and where can they look for support, information and funding? In today's post Steve Lombardi provides one reliable website that is not all about advertising.

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The Quad-City Times has an interesting article about a motorcycle accident crash and the injuries suffered by a 48-year-old female passenger. Here is how it is described: “The 48-year-old has had...

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Where can you go for information about traumatic brain injury also known as traumatic brain damage? Here is a list...

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ATV safety is a concern when we discuss brain damage and youthful exuberance. Damaging the brain causes long term problems that may not be readily apparent. So how do the numbers stack up for the...

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With winter in full swing in Iowa, snow and icy conditions have lead to an increase in injuries from falls. Emergency rooms are treating more cases than they did last year. Falling and hitting your head puts you at risk of a traumatic brain injury. According to a Feb. 5 press release posted on the Iowa Department of Public Health Web site, now Iowans, and especially older Iowans, are most...

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So why should the railroad be liable? Having played Monopoly you probably have a warm fuzzy place in your mind for Reading Railroad. You have to get over that sentimentality with the jury.A train with many cars is stopped in a city or town. The train has many cars and those cars once stopped block several of the streets in the city or town. The rail cars are black and this particular night it's...

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Several people who commented argued there is no difference in the cost of medical car associated with motorcycle accidents with or without a helmet. Unfortunately that is not true. The studies show completely the opposite to be true. In November 2002, NHTSA reported that 25 studies of the costs of injuries from motorcycle crashes "consistently found that helmet use reduced the fatality rate,...

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I've received several comments critical of my posts about motorcycle helmets and increased insurance coverage. Different in many respects they all have one argument in common. They argue there are many more collisions in cars that lead to brain injury and therefore the argument is made that if those riding motorcycles should be required to don a helmet then so should automobile drivers and...

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As a young boy if I asked too many questions my mother would say, "Go fly a kite!" Meaning, go find something else to do besides pester me. Can't you see I need to do my housework? Like the advice to eat eggs every morning I'm now finding out that advice if literally followed could kill me.The CPSC has issued a warning concerning certain kites. The manufacturer, Sportsstuff, Inc., of Omaha,...

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The Problem - You move into an older home, maybe in rural Iowa, it's and old farm house, and you aren't sure if your young children can get lead poisoning from the old paint. Be forewarned that if you live in a home built before 1950 your home probably has lead-based paint. Most of Iowa's pre-1950 homes contain lead-based paint. Young children who live in pre-1950 homes become lead-poisoned...

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Sometimes they call it a head injury and other times a brain injury but to the person suffering from the effects it's no joke. Learning to live with a brain injury is perhaps the hardest thing anyone can ever hope to achieve. With 26 years of practicing personal injury law I've seen more than my share of cases where we have a brain injury. The older you get the harder it is to adjust to....

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