A diffuse axonal injury is caused by a shaking or rotation of the head that causes the brain to move within the skull. Nerve tissue is torn or sheared (thus, these are also called shearing injuries)and the brain may release chemicals that cause more injury. It’s common in car accidents and can occur without a ...
more »A closed head injury is one where there has been no penetration of the skull ...
more »There are various causes of ABI such as a blocked airway, drowning accident, a crushed chest, an electrical accident, such as electrocution or being struck by lightning and lead exposure ...
more »This type of injury has contusions on opposite sides of the brain ...
more »An acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is one that happens after birth ...
more »A focal injury is an injury to one part of the brain leaving the other parts intact.
more »A few weeks after the 9-11-01 tragedy, Donna Fisk, then 49 years old, moved from Florida to New York to volunteer at what became known as Memorial Park, (a site at the Office of the Chief Medica... ...
On February 5, 2002, Diane Garrison, a 44 year old housewife, was involved in a high speed motor vehicle accident in Ulster County, New York. The other driver admitted his liability for the crash in w... ...
In almost every personal injury lawsuit, plaintiffs call their treating doctors to the stand to testify about their injuries. Doctors are asked whether the injuries plaintiff claims were caused by the... ...
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