The victim of a traumatic brain injury may never completely recover, forced to live with long-lasting health complications that may require additional surgeries, therapies and medications. Whether a driver crashed his car into your bicycle, a distracted big-rig truck...
Brain Injuries
How brain injuries can change your life – and how a lawyer can help
Most of the time, car accidents result in little-to-no injury and minor property damage. Sometimes, however, car accidents can be catastrophic and result in traumatic brain damage that can change someone’s life forever. If you or someone you know suffers a traumatic...
Variations on mortality rates for traumatic brain injuries
A traumatic brain injury can be a devastating condition that vastly compromises the quality of life and overall health of individuals. These injuries, which may result in major legal ramifications, have been found to have different impacts on a variety of groups of...
Traumatic brain injury and emotional issues
When people in Pennsylvania suffer a traumatic brain injury, there can be a number of different effects. Some may be physical, but others can be emotional, and these can affect every part of the person's life. These effects may be temporary or permanent. There could...
Understanding the symptoms of severe TBI
Traumatic brain injuries affect many people in Pennsylvania who have been involved in car accidents. Personal injury claims resulting from workplace accidents, slip-and-fall accidents, and sports accidents also frequently mention TBIs. What is a TBI? A TBI is a brain...
Brain-injured plaintiff in Pittsburgh lawsuit may settle
It is hard to fathom the challenges faced by victims of traumatic brain injuries. Compared to several traumatic injuries, such as the loss of a limb, there is no easy way to imagine how life may look after physical or chemical changes to the organ that dictates how we...
Lawsuits show possible abuse of brain injury patients
Serious injuries can do more than cause a few weeks of inconvenient recovery. They can end careers, disable bodies and cause lasting psychological trauma as well as physical pain. But few injuries are more serious and long-lasting than brain injuries.A pair of...
What is a traumatic brain injury, and how does it affect people?
Head injuries happen all the time, from shaving accidents to broken noses. Thousands of Pennsylvanians have to seek treatment for a head injury every year. But the real danger with an otherwise minor problem is that a traumatic brain injury (TBI) could be a...
Potential complications following a concussion
If you suffer a concussion, such as in a car accident or slip and fall, you're sure to experience a variety of symptoms. While it's your hope that these go away sooner rather than later, there's no way of knowing the impact the injury will have on the rest of your...
Do helmets reduce traumatic brain injuries in ski accidents?
If you've been skiing for decades, you've probably noticed in recent years that more skiers are wearing helmets. If you're still fairly new to the sport, you may never have known a time when they weren't a regular sight on the slopes.In the Rental Center at nearby...