All posts tagged 'brain injury lawyer'

Empire State Building Killer Had Traumatic Brain Injury As A Child

Posted on August 29th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The mother of the gunman who killed a former co-worker outside the Empire State Building — and was then fatally shot by police — has revealed something that may be crucial about him. In an interview with The New York Times published Tuesday, the mother of Jeffrey Johnson said her..
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Did Brain Damage, Or Ambien, Lead Junior Seau To Commit Suicide?

Posted on August 28th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The results of the autopsy performed on ex-San Diego Chargers player Junior Seau are in, but they just raise a number of new questions. Did brain injury prompt Seau to kill himself, or did Ambien? Seau, 43, committed suicide May 2 at his home in California, shooting himself in the..
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Medical Malpractice And TBI Up To $134 Million In Awards, Settlements

Posted on August 27th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

If you read the New York Daily News Monday, you might think twice about going to a New York City hospital for treatment. The tabloid ran a story, “$134 Million Mistakes! Hospital Horror Stories Cost City Big Bucks,” which talked about malpractice cases — several resulting in brain damage —..
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Brain-Injured Youth Gets $14.5 Million Settlement In Aluminum Bat Suit

Posted on August 22nd, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

A $14.5 million settlement was reached Wednesday of a lawsuit filed in the case of a New Jersey youth who sustained brain damage after being struck by a line drive hit by an aluminum bat, according to The Record of North Jersey. http://www.northjersey.com/sports/145_million_settlement_reached_in_Louisville_slugger_case.html?page=all And yet some haters are accusing the..
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Veterans’ TBI Symptoms Can Linger For Years, Study Says

Posted on August 17th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

New research has some troubling news for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: The symptoms of combat concussions can last for years without any improvement. The New York Times blogged about a study by the University of Oklahoma, which tracked 500 veterans of the two wars who during..
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Concussion Nixes Actress Return To ‘The Good Wife’

Posted on August 14th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Actress Kristin Chenoweth Concussion Perhaps this will drive home the point that concussions are serious business. Actress Kristin Chenoweth, after sustaining a brain injury on location for “The Good Wife” on July 11, issued a statement Monday saying that she won’t be returning to the CBS show. “It is with..
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Beating Concussion Keeps Wisconsin Badgers Montee Ball Out Of Camp

Posted on August 3rd, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Wisconsin Badgers running back Montee Ball, recovering from a concussion after being assaulted by a group of men in Madison, will not be able to start practice on Monday, according to several published reports. http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8228580/wisconsin-badgers-coach-says-montee-ball-ready-camp The news was revealed by Badgers’ coach Bret  Bielema during the taping of a TV..
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New Drug May Target Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, MS And TBI

Posted on July 25th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

There is so much research being done on potential drugs to treat Alzheimer’s disease that I can’t even keep track of it all, but my alma mater Northwestern University is doing what could be breakthrough. Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine is doing trials of a potential new class of drugs..
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Braves Sued Over Brain-Injured Girl Hit By Foul Ball

Posted on July 20th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

The father of a 6-year-old girl who sustained brain injury after being hit by a foul ball at an Atlanta Braves game has filed suit against the team, according to the Atlanta  Journal-Constitution. http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/lawsuit-filed-for-girl-1480479.html The Braves, team parent Liberty Media Corp., and Major League Baseball Enterprises were named as defendants..
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Actress Halle Berry Hits Head On Set Of ‘The Hive’

Posted on July 18th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

Two actresses, Halle Berry and Kristin Chenoweth, recently sustained head injuries while working on production sets. And it seems to me that their possible concussions were taken too lightly. Berry was sent to the hospital Tuesday after she fell and struck her head on concrete on the set of the..
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