Illinois Appellate Panel Relieves Freight Broker of Liability for $18M Jury Verdict September 28, 2023 By Jim Sams A freight broker is not liable for an $18 million jury award to the mother of a teenage boy who...
Family Sues New Orleans After a Falling Tree Badly Injures Teen July 21, 2023 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is being sued by the family of a teenager crushed by a massive tree...
Plaintiffs Alleging Brain Damage Must Submit to Independent Tests, Texas Supreme Ct. Rules December 6, 2022 By Jim Sams A family seeking $33 million in economic damages for alleged brain injuries caused by exposure to carbon monoxide must submit...
Mother Who Sued Doctor For Child’s Brain Injuries Gets $2.6M December 1, 2020 BRANDON, Miss. — A jury in Mississippi has returned a $2.6 million verdict to a woman who sued a doctor...
Most Traumatic Brain Injuries in U.S. Kids Linked to Consumer Products July 30, 2019 By Linda Carroll The majority of the more than four million traumatic brain injuries in kids treated in U.S. emergency rooms involved consumer...
Brain Injured Woman Sues After Dollywood Theme Park Ride Fall January 2, 2015 By BRUCE SCHREINER A woman’s brain injury from a headfirst fall from a ride at Dollywood was caused by a mix of sleet...
Brain Injury Researcher Faults NFL Concussion Deal October 10, 2014 By MARYCLAIRE DALE A researcher studying the brains of former athletes with traumatic brain injuries opposes the plan to settle NFL concussion claims....
Texas County Reaches $775K Deal in Taser/Brain Injury Case August 28, 2014 Bastrop County in Texas has settled a federal lawsuit for $775,000 with the family of a high school student who...
Florida Girl Injured by Swing Set in 2007 Dies June 12, 2014 A Manatee County girl who was critically injured when a swing set fell on her has died. WFLA reports that...
Concussion Group Helps Teens Connect Through Catastrophic Head Injuries May 22, 2014 By LINDLEY ESTES, The Free Lance-Star Katie Mueda’s life changed in an instant in 2011. One minute she was on the soccer field, and sports were...