Posted on June 17th, 2010
A woman was riding her horse in July 2008 without a riding helmet when her horse spooked and the woman fell to the ground causing her to hit her head.
The woman suffered front occipital lobe damage, she began to stand up and she fell over again. This fall caused her to damage her left frontal lobe.
This damage caused her to not be able to speak for days. She began to begin speaking again but she had a terrible stutter. As she began to regain speaking power she realized that she now spoke with a foreign accent.
She now talked with an Irish-Scottish accent. This damage lead her to develop a disease called foreign accent syndrome which only effects 60 people worldwide.
If you or a loved one has suffered from a brain injury, contact the New Jersey brain injury lawyers of Levinson Axelrod by calling 800-346-5529.
Posted on June 11th, 2010
A New Jersey pianist has died after suffering a brain injury on May 29. The fall caused the man to suffer a brain injury which eventually took his life on June 11.
Friends say that the man was absolutely passionate about playing the piano and had a master’s degree in jazz piano from Rutgers University. For the past two years, the man served as the music director for a church in Brunswick, New Jersey. His plans for the future were to move to New York City to perform his music.
Brain injuries can have traumatic outcomes for all involved, our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victim.
Posted on June 4th, 2010
The NFL and John Hopkins University School of Medicine conducted a seminar on brain injuries in the NFL. The two sides discussed the effects of football on the brains of players.
The John Hopkins officials discussed a number of topic related to brain injuries. Not only did they emphasize the severity of concussions, they also stressed that numerous hits to the head can cause injuries over time. In some cases, these injuries may not be evident by typical symptoms.
If you or anyone you know has questions about brain injuries, contact the New Jersey brain injuries attorneys of Levinson Axelrod, P.A., at 800-346-5529.
Posted on May 28th, 2010
An Auburn, WA, woman has been accused of causing severe brain injury to a 9-month-old child on Thursday, while babysitting the boy.
The 18-year-old woman was hired by the boy’s parents for a weekday schedule after she responded to an ad on Craigslist.
Court documents say that the woman told police that she had been frustrated with the boy, who did not appear to like her and was fussy.
The woman reported that one day the boy was being particularly fussy and she became so angry that she sat him down hard on the floor, causing his head to snap forward. She then roughly placed him in his playpen, where he fell backwards.
Shortly thereafter the boy began to cry before falling asleep and making strange breathing noises, at which point the woman called the police.
The child was transported to Children’s Hospital, where doctors found him to have suffered severe brain trauma.
The woman has been charged with first-degree assault of a child.
Posted on May 14th, 2010
A 16-year-old boy from Vermilion, Ohio, has suffered some bleeding on his brain after being hit by a drunk driver Tuesday evening, authorities said. His mother said he has been groggy, and doctors consider his brain trauma their foremost concern.
Police said the boy was walking with a friend when a van ran off the side of the road and hit him. The van hit several other objects before coming to a stop, authorities said. As of Wednesday, the boy was listed in fair condition at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland. His mother said that in addition to the brain injury, the boy had some scrapes and bruises, and a steel rod had been installed in his broken femur.
Posted on May 7th, 2010
A UND graduate student and former student body president remains hospitalized after suffering a brain injury early Sunday morning during an altercation at a bar in St. Michael, Minn.
A 31-year-old graduate student and former student body president was found unconscious outside the Corner Bar in St. Michael, Minn, around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
Police were responding to reports of an assault when they found the man. A 24-year-old and 23-year-old man were arrested at the scene and remain in custody.
The assaulted student was taken to North Memorial Medical Center and remains in care, where neurosurgeons attempted to alleviate a swelling on his brain but failed. As of today, the doctors have been forced to simply wait and see if the swelling goes down.
If you or someone you love have been the victim of another’s actions and suffered brain injury as a result, contact the New Jersey brain injury attorneys of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529.
Posted on April 21st, 2010
A Wyoming man has sued the city of Cheyenne following alleged brain injuries caused by improper police restraint in April, 2007. The suit claims that when three police officers held down and handcuffed the man, they cut off airflow to his brain long enough for him to sustain serious brain injuries.
Court documents show that on the morning of April 16, 2007, officers were called due to the man’s erratic behavior while walking near an apartment complex in the 4900 block of King Arthur Way in Cheyenne.
Police attempted to restrain the man before tasering him over five times and then physically holding him in a prone position before he allegedly began to experience difficulty breathing. It was at this point that police refused to allow the man into an upright position so that he could breathe, resulting in brain injury, according to the suit.
The man is a decorated Iraq war veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. He is currently living in a group home in Cheyenne.
If you or someone you love have been the victim of another’s actions and suffered brain injury as a result, contact the New Jersey brain injury attorneys of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529.
Posted on April 15th, 2010
Sean Godfrey, a University of Texas at Dallas graduate student, was involved in a pickup truck accident in 1999 that left him with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), a fracture to the base of his skull, and a broken hip and tailbone.
After months of rehabilitative therapy he was able to overcome the effects of his brain injury, which included post-traumatic amnesia and aphasia (the inability to use language).
He is now almost done earning his masters of science in communication disorders from the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences at UT Dallas, and is eager to establish a rehabilitation and research center for TBI survivors once he graduates.
“I have learned how difficult it can be to overcome a TBI,” said Godfrey. “People call it a silent epidemic because if you saw someone who has suffered a TBI, there would be no way to know that he has some serious deficit in communication and language and his cognition isn’t at the level it was before the incident.”
Godfrey wants his foundation to aid TBI survivors in overcoming their disabilities, to become fully functioning members of society while continuously improving their quality of life.
Sean Godfrey’s example is something we could all aspire to. If you have suffered a traumatic brain injury or are seeking legal information in the area of brain injuries, contact the New Jersey brain injury attorneys of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529.
Posted on April 8th, 2010
Neurologists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have adapted Functional Connectivity, a technique originally developed for studying the organization of the brain, to help them in predicting how injuries in one part of the brain can lead to problems in other areas.
According to a Washington University article, Functional Connectivity allows doctors to see the health of neurological networks that allow different parts of the brain to communicate. The ability to use older techniques in novel ways is allowing clinicians to predict the effects of injury, which in turn aids in choosing how to treat the injury.
Functional Connectivity utilizes MRI scans to monitor blood flow to various areas of the brain, which is indicative of brain activity. Scientists have found that damage to communicative networks between the hemispheres of the brain led to additional problems for patients and that this technique could lead to new treatments.
If you or someone you love has suffered the experience of head trauma or brain injury, contact the New Jersey brain injury attorneys of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529 to see what options are available to you.
Posted on April 8th, 2010
Beginning next year, the U.S. military will begin researching the use of pure oxygen and hyperbaric chambers in the treatment of brain injuries for soldiers who have suffered traumatic brain injuries. The hyperbaric oxygen therapy will be tested on 300 U.S. soldiers with varying degrees of brain injury to discover if the treatment can help treat or reduce the painful symptoms associated with brain trauma.
Severe head trauma may result in lasting brain injuries and reduced ability to perform important daily tasks. For more information on brain injuries and personal injury claims, contact the New Jersey brain injury attorneys of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529 today.
