Category: Brain Injuries

Diminished attention and concentration frequently challenge Michigan auto accident victims suffering from TBI Dangerous driving is an obstacle that many Michigan auto accident victims suffering from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) must overcome. According to Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where the doctors and therapists specialize in treating auto accident-related TBI injuries: …

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For Brain Injury Awareness Month in March, lawyers at Michigan Auto Law will donate $1 to the Michigan Brain Injury Association for every “Like” on Facebook March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. And while our lawyers are very familiar with the devastating effects traumatic brain injury (TBI) can have on a person, many people in …

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Studies say more help needed for behavioral and personality changes inTBI survivors Our office helps a number of brain injury survivors. It’s an area of injury that Michigan Auto Law has become known for, and we receive a number of referrals from other Michigan personal injury lawyers for people who have suffered brain injuries in …

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Michigan brain injury lawyer, CDC estimates 1.7 million traumatic brain injuries occur in the U.S. each year Our Michigan brain injury lawyers are constantly learning and teaching other lawyers about new developments in the field of traumatic brain injury so we can better help our clients, many who also suffer from TBI from auto accidents. …

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Michigan Lawyers Weekly article on traumatic brain injury diagnosis with diffusion tensor imaging Last week, I was on the front page of Michigan Lawyers Weekly in a very important story about traumatic brain injury diagnosis and imaging technology called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). The story was called Brain scan key for closed-head injury. The topic, …

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Brain injury attorney interviewed by Michigan Lawyers Weekly on TBI diagnosis with diffusion tensor imaging brain scan Steven M. Gursten, partner of Michigan Auto Law, was featured in a Michigan Lawyers Weekly article about an imaging tool to detect traumatic brain injury, called diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). Gursten told the newspaper that although DTI is not …

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Don’t let the defense IME “independent” medical examiner defame your client by calling deterioration malingering! Of all the notorious independent medical examiners (IMEs) out there who are paid a fortune by defense lawyers, insurance companies, and workers comp carriers to say there is nothing wrong with truly injured people so benefits can be stopped, the …

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Car accident victims with TBI fatigue easily and take longer to recover I recently blogged about better ways for brain injury lawyers to help TBI survivors injured in car accidents. Here are some interesting facts from a presentation I did for the Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer Litigation Group for American Association for Justice in Philadelphia. …

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Steve Gursten will be speaking to brain injury lawyers on higher settlements in auto accident cases and TBI I’ll be speaking this week in Las Vegas as part of the 360 Advocacy Institute’s Insurance, Settlement and Mediation conference seminar. My presentation is about teaching lawyers how to build damages in car accident injury cases involving …

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