The National Football League last week filed a brief arguing that an arbitrator, not a judge, should be dealing with the allegations brought by several thousand ex-players about concussions and long-term brain damage, according to SBNation.com. http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2012/12/19/3777144/nfl-concussion-lawsuit-status The various lawsuits filed against the NFL over head injuries have been consolidated..
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A New Jersey jury had found that a Ramada Inn wasn’t liable for an incident that left a hotel guest brain damaged when he dove in a swimming pool to save his daughter from drowning, according to The Record of North Jersey. http://www.northjersey.com/news/Jury_absolves_Rochelle_Park_hotel_of_responsibility_in_near-drowning_in_pool.html In Superior Court in Hackensack Thursday, a..
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A New Jersey jury is deliberating on a suit filed when a man sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI) trying to save his daughter from drowning in a hotel swimming pool, according to The Record of North Jersey. http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime_courts/Ramada_closing.html The civil lawsuit was filed by the family of Robert Smith, 40,..
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Based on the results of a new study, doctors should be reconsidering the way they treat patients who come to emergency rooms with mild traumatic brain injury (TBI). It turns out that hospital MRIs may be better at predicting the long-term outcomes for those with mild TBI than CT scans,..
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Old ways die hard, even if they fly in the face of medical research and could lead to brain damage for young athletes. A Canadian study, published last month in the journal Neurosurgical Focus, found that two universities made hockey players return to games even when it was apparent that..
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An Oregon man was sentenced to 7 1/2 years Friday on charges that he shook his 7-month-old daughter so hard that she sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/gresham/index.ssf/2012/12/gresham_dad_who_shook_baby_-_c.html Roderick Frimpong, 28, of Gresham received the sentence for first-degree assault in Multnomah County Circuit Court, The Oregonian..
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A Canadian mother is alleging that her 4-year-old daughter suffered permanent brain damage after having routine dental surgery, according to Dentistry IQ. http://www.dentistryiq.com/news/2012/12/15/girl-4-brain-damaged-from-dental-surgery-says-mother.html Apryl Roulette of Manitoba on Oct. 11 brought her daughter Jairlyn to Winnipeg to Children’s Dental World for several procedures, Dentistry IQ reported. The child was given..
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, recuperating from a virus, fainted and sustained a concussion, the state Department said Saturday. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/12/202094.htm “While suffering from a stomach virus, Secretary Clinton became dehydrated and fainted, sustaining a concussion,” the statement said. “She has been recovering at home and will continue to be..
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The New York Times did a story this week on several issues that haven’t received any attention since ex-NFL players filed a deluge of lawsuits over their concussions: What liability insurers will have in this litigation, and whether or not it will result in premiums skyrocketing for other sports, even..
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Here’s a new finding regarding kids and head injury: Brain changes in children who’ve sustained a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), or concussion, last for months after that injury — even after the symptoms of the injury are gone, according to a study published this week in The Journal of..
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