The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a consumer alert urging consumers to stop participating in a new type of water-related recreational activity called water walking. Water walking or water walking balls have numerous brand or ride names. The spheres have no emergency exit and can be opened only by a person outside […]
Personal Injury/Wrongful Death
Sports Brain Trauma May Cause Disease Mimicking ALS
New research by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides the first pathological evidence that repetitive head trauma experienced in collision sports is associated with motor neuron disease, a neurological condition that affects voluntary muscle movements. The most […]
Brain changes found in football players thought to be concussion-free
A study by researchers at Purdue University suggests that some high school football players suffer undiagnosed changes in brain function and continue playing even though they are impaired. “Our key finding is a previously undiscovered category of cognitive impairment,” said Thomas Talavage, an expert in functional neuroimaging who is an associate professor of biomedical engineering and […]
Ford Explorer Personal Injuries and Wrongful Deaths: A Lousy Roll Model that Kills and Maims
Two members of the Tongan Royal Family, visiting the San Francisco area to discuss political reforms in their tiny South Pacific nation, stepped into a Ford Explorer for a short ride to a meeting with the Tongan community. Instead, because of decisions made by Ford executives, the Explorer gave the royals a ride to their deaths. […]
Electrical Burn Injuries: Surviving 12,000 Volts
When you hear someone who has suffered a life-changing injury refer to themselves as “lucky”, you cannot help be re-inspired by the human spirit. Such is the case of David McNabb, whose story will absolutely move you . . . please read on – a valiant man who survived catastrophic electrical burn injuries when he […]
