Archive for January, 2008

Footprints of Pathology

Posted on January 30th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

“No objective evidence of injury.” The defense argument that there is “no objective evidence of injury” is so predictable in every brain injury case, it is a tactic I try to attack from all angles. Imaging studies are not our only objective findings in medicine. We also accept the “footprint..
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How Doctors Don’t Think About Brain Damage

Posted on January 23rd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Every day, I encounter another example, either in the calls we get from our websites, or in the news media, or some where else, as to how Doctors don’t ever consider the potential for brain damage in the differential diagnosis. While it isn’t a real world example, this one is..
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Stroke/Accident Case

Posted on January 17th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

I just got an interesting email from Jayne: Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:S * Ask the individual to SMILE.T * Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS. If..
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Brain Damage or Is it Mild Head Injury or what?

Posted on January 15th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

I have dealt with the semantics of what to call someone who suffered brain damage after an accident or injury as long as I have been represented such individuals. When I first started, there was an organization called the NHIF, National Head Injury Foundation. Then it was deemed inaccurate, or..
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Lawyer: How to Interact with your Brain Damaged Client

Posted on January 9th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Editors Note: Two days ago, my paralegal Jayne wrote a Blog on how potential clients should interact with a law firm when they are trying to get them to take their case. I then asked a former client to write the counterpoint to Jayne’s Blog: how she thought a law..
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How to Present Your Brain Injury Case to a Brain Injury Lawyer

Posted on January 7th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

EDITORS NOTE: I have one of the great paralegals in the country, as my primary staff person and intake person: Jayne. Jayne knows more about brain injury than most of the neurologists I depose, and could find an easier, less time consuming job anytime she wanted, did she not have..
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Korean Boxer Death – Coma Wasn’t Immediate

Posted on January 4th, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

The death of Korean boxer Choi Yo-sam eight days after he fell into a coma, after winning his last fight is significant, not just because of the barbarity of allowing the sport of Boxing to exist. It is also significant because it is the ultimate demonstration that a person does..
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About Our Brain Damage Practice

Posted on January 3rd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

Thank you for visiting my Brain Damage Blog. I am an attorney who dedicates his entire practice to representing those with brain injury. I have been authoring web pages devoted to providing information about brain injury since 1996, including: https://tbilaw.com and its companion site:http://waiting.com I am an attorney with nearly..
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Subtle Brain Damage, Regardless what you Call it.

Posted on January 2nd, 2008 · Posted in Brain Injury

A rose by any other name…. http://subtlebraininjury.com The medical community has always had labels for brain injuries, including the mild, moderate and severe classification, as well as coma and post concussion syndrome. None of these labels recognize the severity of all permanent brain injury. Mild. But would a “mild” brain..
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