According to the Washington Examiner, a $3 million verdict was recently rendered against a police officer for a crash he caused with a county leased car. The Maryland (MD) woman who was injured in the 2008 accident won the case against a Prince George’s County Officer after she was hit by his vehicle. The undercover…
According to The Dispatch, a Burton Road truck accident in Thomasville, North Carolina (NC) may have been hit and run crash that left a 71 year-old man dead. The Thomasville victim was thought to be going out to collect his mail on Wednesday, January 2, 2011, when he was found lying dead on the road…
A woman was driving a Ford Explorer in 2005 when she was hit by another vehicle. The impact from the crash combined with her weight was apparently enough to cause the driver’s seat to collapse backward. This defect caused a fracture in the woman’s vertebra as she hit the back seat. The victim filed a…
The remarkable recovery of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the Democratic representative from Tucson, Arizona (AZ), who was shot in the head on January 8, illustrates the extent of medical advances in cases of traumatic brain injury, but also the long time it can take to recover. As of now, its hard to say if her speech…
Unlike more obvious traumatic brain injuries, like a fractured skull, there are few outward signs of concussions and they don’t usually show up on MRI or CT scans.But a number of school districts are developing a new computer-based test that can identify concussions to help schools decide if it’s safe for athletes to carry on playing,…