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There are times in a traumatic brain injury case when the injury is obvious, however in the majority of TBI cases there are complex medical issues which need to be thoroughly evaluated.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, there has been during this same period, and especially in the last five to ten years, a substantial increase in the number of reported cases of second impact syndrome (SIS), which occurs when an athlete who sustains head trauma, i.e. a traumatic brain injury - often a concussion or worse injury, such as a cerebral contusion (bruised brain)- sustains a second head injury before signs of the initial injury have cleared.

When I finally had a chance to speak, we were already running over the 2 1/2 hours allotted for the roundtable, so I was only able to briefly touch on two of my many message points: one, that the game can be and is being made safer, and two, that, based on my experience following a high school football team in Oklahoma this past season - which will be the subject of a MomsTEAM documentary to be released in early 2013 called The Smartest Team - I saw the use of hit sensors in football helmets as offering an exciting technological «end around» the problem of chronic under - reporting of concussions that continues to plague the sport and remains a major impediment, in my view, to keeping kids safe (the reasons: if an athlete is allowed to keep playing with a concussion, studies show that their recovery is likely to take longer, and they are at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.)

«Every day, most of us take for granted that when we will to move, we can move any part of our body with precision and control in multiple directions and those with traumatic spinal cord injury or any other form of paralysis can not,» said Benjamin Walter, associate professor of Neurology at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Clinical PI of the Cleveland BrainGate2 trial and medical director of the Deep Brain Stimulation Program at UH Cleveland Medical Center.

These cases are usually discovered by accident — when a brain scan is performed following a head injury, for example — and regular checkups to monitor the aneurysm's growth are generally all that's needed.

In this 17 year old victim car accident brain injury case (Cikojevic v. Timm, 2010 BCSC 800) the claimant was the middle - seat passenger in the defendant's compact truck when he drove it off the road and into a tree.

Part One Cases involving brain damage are notoriously hard to win, especially when the injuries are caused by a misunderstood toxin like carbon monoxide and are medically classified as mild...

When you or a loved one has been paralyzed due to the negligence of another, contact a Bullhead City paralysis attorney that has experience representing cases involving brain and spinal cord injuries.

When ICBC or other BC brain injury cases go to trial a neuropsychologist is a common type of expert witness called by both Plaintiff and Defence Lawyers.

When preparing your case, a brain injury lawyer Maryland locals trust may ask you several different questions about your head injury, such as how you suffered the injury, what you were doing at the time of the accident and the type of medical treatment you received.

When a brain injured client comes in to see us we know that the treatment and management of these clients will be different in every case because no two brain injuries are alike.

Establishing causation is one of the most challenging parts of a legal case when a brain injury is at issue.

However, when you are dealing with the aftermath of a serious brain injury, the last thing you want to do is talk with insurance adjusters — describing the situation repeatedly and possibly hurting your case in the process.

In the personal injury case of Forman v. Henkin, 2018 NY Slip Op 01015 (N.Y. Feb. 13, 2018), the Plaintiff alleged «that she was injured when she fell from a horse owned by defendant, suffering spinal and traumatic brain injuries resulting in cognitive deficits, memory loss, difficulties with written and oral communication, and social isolation.»