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Swampscott woman, 22, severely injured in NYC hit-and-run

February 23, 2010 – 7:27 am

From a selfless act, a terrible injury
Erinn Phelan excelled in academics at Swampscott High School and at Brown University, and weeks after graduating last summer, she left New England for a dream job in New York City, working for Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s new volunteerism initiative.
Phelan came home often to visit her parents and former teachers. [...]

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Looking At TBI (traumatic Brain Injury) Cases In Law

February 20, 2010 – 4:13 pm

The TBI (traumatic brain injury) cases in law are some of the most devastating cases for the people who have been injured. The injury may have occurred due to a car accident, a fall, sports injury, or even an fall or an assault the person has suffered. The survivors of these injuries are facing many [...]

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$12 million verdict awarded to California woman with severe brain injury

February 17, 2010 – 2:41 am

We blogged about this story earlier this week, actually. Click HERE to read more.
Los Angeles, CA—A Pomona woman was awarded $12 million by a Pomona Superior Court jury after she waited several hours with an air-rifle pellet in her brain at a hospital before she was flown to another hospital to have surgery. The Greater [...]

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Toms River family stunned at access limits to State Brain Injury Fund

February 16, 2010 – 2:40 am

When he stepped in to defend a friend in a fight 25 years ago, Michael Jankowsky of Toms River was stabbed in the heart, depriving his brain of oxygen.
Now 45, Jankowsky still needs constant care. He uses a wheelchair, slurs his speech, and struggles to concentrate.
He has made progress over the past few years, his [...]

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Jury awards $12 million to woman with brain injury

February 13, 2010 – 8:17 am

A jury has awarded $12 million to a Southern California woman who was left in a vegetative state after she waited hours at a hospital before being sent elsewhere for surgery to remove an air-rifle pellet from her brain.
The Pomona Superior Court jury on Thursday found that Greater El Monte Community Hospital was negligent in [...]

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Study Measures Traumatic Brain Injury

February 7, 2010 – 8:53 am

By Christen N. McCluney
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2010 – Scientists at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center and a professor at Columbia University are working on a collaborative study measuring brain damage on traumatic brain injury patients.
“It’s a large problem to the Army and the soldiers,” Thomas [...]

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Brain Injury – Chicago Personal Injury Attorney Jay Paul Deratany

February 4, 2010 – 11:18 am

Chicago Brain Injury Lawyer Jay Paul Deratany shares his second video.
If you or anyone you know has been hurt in a traumatic brain injury accident, contact The Deratany Firm for your free initial consultation.

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Traumatic Brain Injuries – More Common than You Might Think

February 3, 2010 – 8:01 am

I recently read an article that stated that a person sustains a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the United States every 21 seconds. In fact, the same article indicated that traumatic brain injuries occur more frequently and affect more people than breast cancer, AIDS, and Alzheimer’s disease combined. At first, I found these statistics surprising. [...]

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