Brain and Spinal Cord Lawyers

California Brain Injury Attorney: Negligence Cases with Spinal Cord Injuries & Brain Trauma

Brain and Spinal Cord Lawyers — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:00:59 +0000

California BrainInjury and Accident Attorney Mark C. Blane explains what type of cases his sees at his Brain Injury law practice. He also speaks about how to recognize a brain trauma injury, and how to document one for court. Mr. Blane sees California rear-end collision cases, side-swipe cases, multiple vehicle cases, slip and falls, product defects, wrongful death cases, boating accidents, maritime injuries, nursing home abuse, and catastrophic losses. Mr. Blane has been practicing in California Brain Injury and general personal injury/trauma/catastrophic loss cases since 1999, and can be reached at mark@blanelaw.com, or 24/7 at (888) 845-6269. We encourage you to visit our website at: www.blanelaw.com to find more legal videos on a particular injury and the law that can help you with your legal case.

Kitchener Personal Injury Lawyer – Committed to your future

Brain and Spinal Cord Lawyers — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:55:59 +0000

Learn how Rob Deutschmann is committed to ensuring that all of his clients receive fair compensation and required treatment. Paquette Travers and Deutschmann – Accident, Injury Lawyer and Disability Lawyers – Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge Brantford Woodstock

Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Oklahoma City & Tulsa

Brain and Spinal Cord Lawyers — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:50:59 +0000

www.oklahomainjurylaw.com – Often, severe brain and spinal cord injuries are the result of a preventable accident. The attorneys at Nix Law Group in Edmond, Oklahoma are experts in brain and spinal cord injury law and represent victims and their families. If you or a family member has suffered from brain or spinal cord injuries as the result of an avoidable accident, contact attorney Jacob Diesselhort to learn more about your rights. Nix Law Group serves Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and all other Oklahoma areas, can help you recover this compensation. Nix Law Group, PLLC The Quarters at Kelley Pointe 2529 S. Kelly Ave., Suite C Edmond, Oklahoma 73013 Toll Free 888-311-3273 Fx / (405) 509-2004 Website: www.oklahomainjurylaw.com

Tips, Tricks, & Techniques for Defending Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Cases – What Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know (ExecSense Webinars)

Brain and Spinal Cord Lawyers — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:00:59 +0000

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In Tips, Tricks, & Techniques for Defending Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Cases, ExecSense examines all of the key practical and tactical issues surrounding the defense of complex brain and spinal injury cases – including how to cross-examine the plaintiff’s medical and economic experts, how to deliver a compelling opening statement, and how to develop an overall winning defense strategy – that personal injury lawyers need to know about to more effectively represent their clients in these high-stakes legal disputes. Take the 60 minutes to view this webinar (on your computer, mobile phone, iPod or printed out) to understand how you can immediately implement these tips and strategies to more effectively defend your clients in complex brain and spinal cord injury.

The webinar is led by an expert on defending brain and spinal cord injury cases and focuses on:

? Everything you need to know in 60 minutes to successfully reduce overall awards against your clients in brain and spinal cord injury cases or even eliminate awards altogether

? Easy-to-implement tips, tricks, and techniques for personal injury lawyers that will immediately help you more effectively defend complex brain and spinal cord injury cases, including how to develop an overall defense strategy, how to select defense witnesses, how to cross-examine the plaintiff’s medical experts, neuropsychologist, how to use voir dire to select the right jury, how to deliver a compelling opening statement, and other trial strategies

? The 10 questions most asked by personal injury lawyers about how to successfully implement these tips and strategies to reduce overall awards against their client in brain and spinal injury cases or even eliminate awards altogether

? Case studies of other personal injury lawyers who have had success defending brain and spinal injury cases, and important lessons learned about the practical and tactical decisions which led to their success

Tips, Tricks, & Techniques for Defending Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Cases – What Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know (ExecSense Webinars)

Brain Injury Attorney Louisville Spinal Cord Trauma Lawyer

Brain and Spinal Cord Lawyers — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 00:45:59 +0000

If you have suffered a brain or spinal cord injury, contact an attorney at The Law Office of Michael P. Sullivan in Louisville, Kentucky. Call 866-585-5098 or visit www.msullivaninjurylaw.com

Tips, Tricks, & Techniques for Defending Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Cases – What Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know (ExecSense Webinars)

Brain and Spinal Cord Lawyers — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:55:59 +0000

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The webinar is led by an expert on defending brain and spinal cord injury cases and focuses on:

? Everything you need to know in 60 minutes to successfully reduce overall awards against your clients in brain and spinal cord injury cases or even eliminate awards altogether

Tips, Tricks, & Techniques for Defending Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Cases – What Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know (ExecSense Webinars)

Medical Malpractice – Bacterial Meningitis

Brain and Spinal Cord Lawyers — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:31:59 +0000

Physicians are entrusted with the well-being of their patients. But sometimes even doctors make mistakes. These mistakes may sometimes be relatively minor. However there are times that they can be the cause of permanent injuries or even death. These medical mistakes are more commonly called medical malpractice.

The Institute of Medicine has said that medical malpractice is one of the top ten causes of death in the US.

Medical mistakes such as these, which can change lives for the worse and even result in death, are especially difficult for a parent to deal with when it happens to their child.

One of the most common forms of medical malpractice occurs when doctors fail to diagnose bacterial meningitis amongst children.

It is especially important that a doctor does not miss the signs of bacterial meningitis. That’s because a delay in diagnosis can significantly reduce the chances that a person will survive. However, if bacterial meningitis is detected early and aggressively treated it can be cured.

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What is Meningitis?

Meningitis is the inflammation of the protective membranes that cover the spinal cord and brain. It could be caused by bacteria, viruses, other microorganisms, and on occasion by certain drugs.

Meningitis is classified as a medical emergency because the inflammation is so close to the brain and spinal cord that it can be life-threatening.

The kinds of bacteria that cause bacterial meningitis vary by the age of the victim. In newborns up to 3 months of age, and premature babies, the most common causes are group B streptococci. Children under five are often affected by Haemophilus influenza type B (in countries that do not offer the pneumococcal vaccine). Older children are usually affected by Streptococcus pneumonia and Neisseria meningitides.

Ten percent of the people who are afflicted with bacterial meningitis die. Many others suffer from permanent damages that include hearing loss, brain damage, and learning disabilities.

One of the main reasons that this can happen is because too many doctors do not properly diagnose and treat the condition. Doctors should, at the first sign of the disease, request a spinal tap in order to confirm their diagnosis. If they do not order a spinal tap it could result in their being liable for malpractice.

What are the Symptoms of Bacterial Meningitis?

The preliminary symptoms of meningitis include headache, a stiff neck and high fever. It may take only several hours or up to one to two days for these symptoms to develop.

Additional symptoms might include vomiting, nausea, discomfort when looking at bright lights, sleepiness, and confusion.

However headache, fever, and neck stiffness may be absent or difficult to detect in small infants.

Originally published here.

Wendy Moyer

Brain Injury Attorney Louisville Spinal Cord Trauma Lawyer

Brain and Spinal Cord Lawyers — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:40:59 +0000

If you have suffered a brain or spinal cord injury, contact an attorney at The Law Office of Michael P. Sullivan in Louisville, Kentucky. Call 866-585-5098 or visit www.msullivaninjurylaw.com

Tips, Tricks, & Techniques for Defending Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Cases – What Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know (ExecSense Webinars)

Brain and Spinal Cord Lawyers — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:50:59 +0000

Product Description

The webinar is led by an expert on defending brain and spinal cord injury cases and focuses on:

? Everything you need to know in 60 minutes to successfully reduce overall awards against your clients in brain and spinal cord injury cases or even eliminate awards altogether

Tips, Tricks, & Techniques for Defending Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Cases – What Personal Injury Lawyers Need to Know (ExecSense Webinars)

Long Term Effects of Repetitive Head Injury

Brain and Spinal Cord Lawyers — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 17:26:59 +0000

It has long been suspected that repetitive head injury can have consequences well into the future. Studies that have focused on athletes, in particular, have found correlation between repetitive head injury and brain disease occurring years later, long after their athletic careers are over.

Head injury is a term used to describe any trauma to the head, particularly to the brain. Head injuries may be caused by either penetrating or blunt trauma. Penetrating injuries, as the term implies, result when an object penetrates the skull. Bullets, knives and other sharp objects may cause this type of head injury. Blunt trauma occurs from a direct blow to the head or as a result of a decelerating force.

The symptoms of head injury vary, ranging from mild and transient effects to immediate death. Mild concussion often results from a fall or blunt trauma. Symptoms of a concussion may include a brief loss of conscience, nausea and vomiting, and blurred vision. Occasionally, concussions cause long term effects such as insomnia, difficulty with concentration or memory and irritability. Several studies have focused on post-concussion syndrome in athletes.

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Now there is new evidence published in the Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology linking repetitive head injury with the development of Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis). ALS is a progressive, usually fatal neurodegenerative disease affecting motor neurons. People who have ALS experience progressive weakening of their muscles, including muscles of the chest wall which eventually impedes breathing and causes death from asphyxiation.

The study focused on ten deceased former athletes, all of whom had sustained multiple concussions. Three of the athletes had been diagnosed with ALS. After studying the brains and spinal cords of the subjects, it was found that the three athletes who had ALS had proteins associated with ALS in both their spinal cords and brains. Previous studies have found that people who have never suffered a concussion do not have this protein in either their brain or spinal cord. In addition, this protein is not present in the spinal cords of people with ALS. The fact that the deceased athletes had this protein in both structures (brain and spinal cord) led researchers to conclude that the athletes had a condition similar to ALS, and that repetitive head injury was the likely cause of this condition.

The study was a small one, but the researchers involved in the study felt that the evidence was highly suggestive of a link between repetitive head injury and an ALS-like disease. More evidence is needed to strengthen the data.

Other studies have shown links between ALS and being a soccer player, football player or a military veteran, prompting interest in finding the reason why ALS occurs more frequently in these groups. This current study strengthens the idea that ALS, or an ALS-like condition, may be the result of head injury that is repetitive.

Originally published here.

Mack Wilson