A worker who was injured on the job at a gas drilling rig in Colorado was awarded $4.1 million by a federal jury in Denver in June, according to the Post Independent. http://www.postindependent.com/article/20120615/VALLEYNEWS/120619935/1083&ParentProfile=1074 The verdict went to Von Phathong, now 42, who was born in Laos but is now a..
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The evidence continues to build on the connection between football-related head injuries and long-term neurological problems. In the latest research, it was determined that more than 40 percent of a group of retired NFL players tested had depression or dementia, according to HealthDay. The study was performed at Center for..
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An indoor recreation center, which has trampolines for kids, is being sued over a child’s brain injury and amnesia, according to Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/tagblogsfindlawcom2012-injured-idUS128295699720120627 The federal lawsuit filed on behalf of the child, D.D.B., charges that the boy hit his head on a pole when he bounced off the side wall..
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This entry is part 28 of 36 in the series Michael Part Twenty Eight By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447 There’s a list of criteria that the Social Security Administration publishes in terms of the mental abilities it takes to be able to survive in a job – the mental..
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This entry is part 27 of 36 in the series Michael Part Twenty Seven By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447 Let’s specifically talk about the kind of things that triggers your temper or what we might call a neurobehavioral problem at work. The biggest one is I have to figure..
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The family of a man, who sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI) after falling off the back of a golf cart, has settled a $5 million lawsuit with one defendant, according to Reuters. A trial will go forward against the remaining defendant. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/27/tagblogsfindlawcom2012-injured-idUS374143684420120627 New Hampshire Motor Speedway settled a suit brought..
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This entry is part 26 of 36 in the series Michael Part Twenty Six By Attorney Gordon Johnson 800-992-9447 Procedural non-compliance wasn’t as big a problem with his next job, working for the U.S. Census bureau. But unfortunately, working on a computer set off his seizure disorder. What..
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The father of a patient, who had traumatic brain injury (TBI) and died in a fire in a Tennessee facility, has filed an $8 million lawsuit against the company that operates the home, 21st Century Living Services, where he died, according to the Tennessean. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120623/NEWS01/306230018/Sumner-brain-injury-facility-avoids-shutdown-new-law?odyssey=mod|newswell|text||p The victim, Douglas Johnson, 45,..
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I’m not the only one alarmed over the surge in work-related deaths in the booming oil industry. Officials have taken note of the problem in Oklahoma. Nine people have died, and three were hospitalized for burns, in oil-field related incidents in Oklahoma since October, which is when the federal fiscal..
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