They can occur in a variety of ways, but most frequently, our law firm sees ankle fractures in slip and fall cases, car accident cases, and other
traumatic impact cases.
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.
For instance, Head
Case Company has developed a football helmet concussion sensor technology that measures, records, monitors, and analyzes
impact, essentially keeping track of potentially
traumatic incidences so that they can be immediately treated and addressed.
If a
traumatic impact occurs and the Head
Case Mobile App test is deployed, once the data from the sensor is uploaded, it is automatically paired with the test data and is placed confidentially in thatathlete's file for reporting and analysis.
If a
traumatic impact occurs and the Head
Case Mobile App test is deployed, once the data from the sensor is uploaded, it is automatically paired with the test data and is placed confidentially in that athlete's file for reporting and analysis.
A number of small, controlled trials and
case studies have tested the
impact of yoga for those with spinal cord disease (myelopathy),
traumatic brain injury, Guillain - Barre syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), peripheral and diabetic neuropathies, adrenomyeloneuropathy, neurocardiogenic syncope, and other neurological anomalies.
The type of brain injury — whether acquired or
traumatic — will have an
impact on what type of
case is brought and what evidence will need to be gathered.
A head injury may result in a concussion in a best
case scenario, but high speeds can lead to great
impacts that may cause a
traumatic brain injury, paralysis, blindness, or even death.
[108] Although I did not find the plaintiff to have mild
traumatic brain injury or post-
traumatic stress disorder, the
impact that her psychological condition has had on her life is in many ways similar to what is seen in
cases involving those conditions.
Adults sometimes assume that being very young insulates children from the
impact of
traumatic experiences — but this is not the
case.