As a Nova Scotia Brain Injury Lawyer I have had a number of brain injury cases where the defendant’s experts claimed my client did not suffer a brain injury, because their symptoms did not develop until hours after their initial injury.
Symptoms May Take Time to Develop
Modern medical science now recognizes that the effects of traumatic brain injury may not become apparent until 6-12 hours after the initial injury.
Here’s another article linking head injuries from football (and wrestling) to brain injury later in life.
You can find the article in this months issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
Brain injury lawyers and their clients can expect insurance companies and defence lawyers use research like this in new and creative ways: “Your client played football when he was in High School. His brain injury isn’t from the car accident, it’s from a concussion he suffered 30 years ago.”
Diagnosis Misleading
The term mild or minor traumatic brain injury is extremely misleading. The reference to “mild” or “minor” refers only to the initial physical trauma or impact that causes the brain injury.
Permanent Problems
As many of you know, I am on the Board of the Halifax chapter of the Brain Injury Association of Nova Scotia. I wanted to post this notice of a public information session for brain injury survivors and their families that is being hosted by BIANS Halifax.
Services for Persons with Brain Injury: What is Available and How to Get Connected?
Who?
Our guest speakers are:
Lindsay Dickson, Capital Health – Acquired Brain Injury Navigator
Brian Tapper, Capital Health – Vocational Counselor
Cyd Lepage and Diane Wanderer – Community Services, Income Assistance and Employment Support
Head Injuries Increase by 70%
The new school year is well underway and students are signing up for various sport teams. A new study from the Centre for Injury Research and Policy suggests that sports related head injuries among teenagers are increasing.
The study found that the number of young people suffering from head injuries while playing basketball had spiked 70% between 1997 and 2007.
Pain Specialist Concerned About Minor Injury Cap
Dr. Richard Dumais is a pain specialist working at the Dr. Georges L Dumont Pain Clinic in Moncton New Brunswick. Today he voiced his concerns on the broadness of New Brunswick’s definition of a “minor injury” under the provinces car insurance laws that caps compensation for pain and suffering.
According to Dr. Dumais:
Traumatic Brain Injury Claims
New research published in this months issue of the Journal of Neurotrauma advocates treating traumatic brain injury as a chronic disease process, rather than an isolated event.
As a brain injury lawyer, I wholeheartedly agree with the conclusions reached in the article.
Consumer’s Group Calls For Review of Minor Injury Cap
The CBC has reported that a group of concerned citizens has formed a new consumers action group calling for a review of New Brunswick’s “minor injury” cap on car accident insurance claims.
Frances McConnachie is a member of N.B. Consumers for Insurance Fairness. McConnachie was quoted as saying she received $2,500 following an accident in 2004 that has left her with back and neck problems that limit her activities and make her reliant on therapy and pain killers.
If you have been injured as a result of a “slip and fall” or “trip and fall” there are 10 questions that you should know the answer to before you call a lawyer. Knowing the answers to these questions will help the personal injury lawyer evaluate whether or not you have a claim that is worth pursuing.
10 Questions:
1. What was the weather like on the day that you fell?
I don’t think I have ever seen a more effective educational video promoting seatbelt use.
Watch the video here: Embrace Life
