Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is a classic oxymoron, a very unfortunate conjunction of contradictory terms. It is important to understand that a brain injury, even a mild brain injury, is truly life changing. The designation of “mild” brain injury is a holdover from WWII when neurologists employed a simple classification system: mild, moderate or severe. […]
Brain Injuries
Delivering a Miracle – Case Study: $10.1 Million Judgment on a $50,000 Policy
What would you tell a distraught mother of a 12-year-old child Can you identify the red flags in the following facts? November 14 was a sunny fall afternoon when Rasheed Hilson, age 12, left a basketball game at Morrill Middle School in San Jose. Outside the gym, he chatted with friends before seeing his bus. […]
How to Win a Traumatic Brain Injury Case: Oppose Motions for Defense Psychiatric Examinations
When a defendant is facing a serious traumatic brain injury claim, a defense motion to compel the plaintiff to submit to a psychiatric mental examination should be expected. A psychiatric examination should never be allowed. It is an invasion of privacy and an attempt to divert the focus from the responsibility for having caused a […]
Healing Sleep and Brain Injury Recovery
Recovering from a concussion, which in a small percentage of injuries results in traumatic brain damage, is a daunting process. There is no medical treatment other than quiet rest during the first 90 days and overwhelmingly most people fully recover. In a small percentage of situation, there is brain damage that will take years to […]
Brain Damage at Birth: A Malpractice Case Study
INTRODUCTION David Smith, age two, is severely brain damaged and lives in a near vegetative state as a result of a cascading torrent of malpractice set off by Defendant Michael Thomas, an obstetrician, who failed to properly test his mother for gestational diabetes. That malpractice was aggravated and accelerated into an avalanche by labor and […]
