All posts tagged 'Wisconsin brain injury attorney'

Sheboygan Man Dies Of Fatal Head Injury In Wisconsin Factory

Posted on September 10th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

A Sheboygan man died of a fatal head injury Monday in an industrial accident at a local factory, according to WISN.com http://www.wisn.com/news/south-east-wisconsin/ozaukee-washington/Man-killed-in-Cedar-Grove-industrial-accident/-/10151118/16549618/-/dh0tlk/-/index.html#ixzz266G43iAi The victim, Lemuel Aguirre, was killed at a foundry, Willman Industries, on South Main Street in Cedar Grove, Wis., WISN.com reported. The Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department was called..
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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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Wisconsin Teen Has Slow Recovery From Brain Injury

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

Erin Butzler of La Crosse, Wis., was kicked in the head during a soccer game in 2009. And she’s spent the years since then trying to reclaim her past. The Associated Press did a profile of Butzler that chronicles the 18-year-old’s struggle to cope with the retrograde amnesia she suffered..
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Ex-Wisconsin First Lady Dreyfus Dies After Surgery For Brain Injury

Posted on March 16th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

It happens so often with the elderly: They stumble and hit their heads, sustaining traumatic brain injury.  And last week it happened to Joyce Dreyfus, the wife of former Wisconsin Gov. Lee Dreyfus. And it was fatal. Dreyfus, 85, fell and hit her head at an assisted living facility in..
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TBI May Be Under-Reported, According To Mayo Clinic Study

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

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be a extraordinarily difficult condition to rebound from. And now there’s a report that a lot more people may be suffering from TBI than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates.   Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., are the one who have raised..
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Will The NFL, And Football, Survive Pending Concussion Lawsuits?

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

We recently wrote about a number of  concussion lawsuits that were filed in the past two months or so by ex-players against the National Football League. Well, last Friday The New York Times did a big Page One round-up story on all the litigation of this kind pending against the NFL. Apparently,..
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Ex-Green Bay Packer Lew Carpenter’s Brain Showed Disease

Posted on December 21st, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

Add former Green Bay Packer Lew Carpenter to the growing list of  pro football players who had degenerative brain disease. And his case adds a disturbing new twist to ongoing medical research.  Earlier this month the Associated Press reported that Carpenter, who never sustained any known concussions during his NFL career..
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NFL Claims Concussion Study Will Be More Scientific Than Prior

Posted on October 22nd, 2011 · Posted in Brain Injury

The National Football League’s next study of the long-term impact of concussions on players will be more expansive than its first effort, which was lambasted by Congress and independent physicians, according to The New York Times. In fact, one of the doctors leading the new research initiative joined the chorus of..
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