Category: Brain Injuries

Blood test for traumatic brain injury – called the Banyan Brain Trauma Indicator – will help with early detection & treatment of TBI for car accident victims

Language in the 2011 revised criteria for awarding the Purple Heart Medal will help TBI car accident victims and personal injury attorneys to show real impact of brain injury

Michigan Auto Law attorney Steve Gursten gives litigation tips for lawyers to prove TBI at trial in an American Association for Justice-sponsored nationwide webinar on traumatic brain injury

Study shows post-concussion syndrome after a car crash may be permanent if recovery doesn’t occur within 3 years. 73% of people do not recover

Steve will explore TBI, Chronic Pain, Fatigue and Disability in auto accident cases at Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association’s annual conference

Jeff and another Michigan Auto Law attorney help secure a future for their client, who was rear-ended by a speeding driver and sustained a traumatic brain injury From time to time, I write about recent trial verdicts and injury settlements that our attorneys secure for our clients, just as I did last week regarding Kevin …

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Why words matter – and why traumatic brain “injury” and “closed head injury” is not enough – when it comes to serious brain damage after a car accident A while back, I wrote about why words matter when it comes to car wrecks. In my blog post, I stressed that the language lawyers and judges …

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Will ‘pupillometer’ testing one day help identify auto accident victims who have suffered TBI, concussion and closed head injury based on visual changes at crash scene? We may one day be able to diagnose a traumatic brain injury based on changes in a person’s vision. A U.S. Army study has determined that a “simple, quick …

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Talking about the tough topic of divorce, consortium claims for spouses, and why brain injury cases are called “wrongful death” cases where the victim survives Traumatic brain injury (TBI) imposes a tremendous cost on society. But apart from the economic costs, there are human costs of brain injury that are often overlooked. Marriages often fall …

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