Sentences with phrase «long after the initial injury»

Lead author Dr Rita Campos - Pires from Imperial said: «One of the most insidious aspects of TBI in general, and it is believed bTBI also, is that the damage can continue to grow long after the initial injury.

Even long after the initial injury, inflammation and other factors can cause new problems for head injury survivors.

Not exact matches

But ice can prevent excessive swelling from occurring for a long period of time after the initial injury occurs (31).

Remember, too, that car accident injuries can cause death long after the initial accident.

735 ILCS 5/13-213 (c): Alteration, modification or change No product liability action based on any theory or doctrine to recover for injury or damage claimed to have resulted from an alteration, modification, or change of the product unit after the date of first sale, lease, or delivery of possession of the product unit to its initial user, consumer, or other nonseller may be limited or barred by subsection (b) if the action is commenced within the applicable limitation period; and, in any event, within 10 years from the date the alteration, modification, or change was made, unless defendant expressly has warranted or promised the product for a longer period and the action is brought within that period.

The Statute of Limitations is usually fairly clear cut in more common personal injury cases such as slip and falls and car accidents, but can be altered if the incident occurred some time prior to the initial discovery like in medical malpractice cases where the patients may not realize the damages until long after the treatment plans commenced.