My colleague Emily Mapp Brannon has posted a new blog on the Virginia Brain/Head Injuries Lawyers site on a new study of troops who suffered brain injuries from bomb blasts in Afghanistan and Iraq. It’s possible that these findings in the New England Journal of Medicine will help to identify people wjo are at higher risk for…
Niki Bell and Bethany Wallenberg were out enjoying a ride on a luxury boat when their lives were changed forever. A design flaw in the Mastercraft X45 24-foot boat caused the vessel to take on water and, consequently, an accident occurred. The two young women suffered serious injuries ranging from deep cuts to brain damage,…
A woman, 37, was a teenager leaving her job at JC Penney when a driver ran a red light, forcing her head into the steering wheel. A man, age 23, was shaken as a baby. Another man, age 36, collided his Chevette head-on into a Chevy Impala, two weeks after getting his driver’s license, putting…
In his latest post to our firm’s Railroad Accident/FELA Lawyers Blog, my colleague Rick Shapiro welcomes a study of the health effects of chronic diesel fume exposure for people who live near a large BNSF rail yard in California (CA). Rick suspects the researchers will find that living within feet of a rail yard —…
In his latest post to the VA-NC Medical Surgery Malpractice Blog, my colleague John C. notes that President Barack Obama remains opposed to the idea of caps on the amount victims can be awarded by juries in medical malpractice cases. Our firm has repeatedly said caps such as the one in place in Virginia (VA)…