Head Injuries

Rehabilitation and Healing of Traumatic Brain Injuries

Rehabilitation and Healing of Traumatic Brain Injuries

As a Sacramento Brain Injury Attorney since 1982, I have handled hundreds of cases for people who suffered from concussions, fractured skulls, and other injuries…

Traumatic Brain Injury and Premature Death

Traumatic Brain Injury and Premature Death

A JAMA study published in January concluded that people who have sustained traumatic brain injuries (TBI) were more likely to experience a premature death, which…

How Old To Ride On Back Of Motorcycle in California?

How Old To Ride On Back Of Motorcycle in California?

  As illustrated in the above YouTube video, true lovers of motorcycles, want to pass this love on to their children.  (Incidentally, there was significant…

Roadside Barriers Present Greater Risk to Motorcyclists

Roadside Barriers Present Greater Risk to Motorcyclists

Motorcycles compose about 2% of the vehicles on the road but yet account for 42% of all fatalities involving collisions with guardrails. When it comes…

Motorcycle Helmet Requirements

Motorcycle Helmet Requirements

Compared with larger motor vehicles like trucks and automobiles, motorcycles can expose their users to substantially greater danger of injury from collisions simply because of…

Working with Neuropsychologists in brain injury cases

Working with Neuropsychologists in brain injury cases

Neuropsychologists are scientists with advanced training in detecting injuries to the brain and how such injuries affect an injured person. While most people believe neurologists…

Melatonin and Traumatic Brain Injury

Melatonin and Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain Injury and Melatonin It’s been well documented in medical journals that those who suffer brain injury often complain of sleep disturbances. True, loss…

Traumatic Brain Injury Caused by Automobile Accidents

Traumatic Brain Injury Caused by Automobile Accidents

Brain trauma can occur during an auto collision when the head hits the windshield or steering wheel. The skull does not have to have been…

Edward Smith
September 10, 2014
Tips in Handling Children’s Brain injury cases

Tips in Handling Children’s Brain injury cases

When a child suffers a serious fracture in an accident, it’s fairly easy for a jury to understand the seriousness of the injury and its…

Edward Smith
September 10, 2014
Traumatic Brain Injury and its Effect on Communication and Cognition

Traumatic Brain Injury and its Effect on Communication and Cognition

There are two main types of Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI: When a foreign object (such as a bullet) pierces the brain it can cause…

Is Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery Possible?

Is Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery Possible?

Automobile accidents account for half of all brain injuries in the U.S. according to Statistics from the Center for Disease Control. A traumatic brain injury…

Truamatic brain injury in children

Truamatic brain injury in children

Oftimes, we represent children who have been in an accident and suffer traumatic brain injuries (Tbi injuries). These injuries are often overshadowed initially by other…

Head Trauma in Infants

Head Trauma in Infants

Head trauma accounts for more than 80 percent of death in children over the age of one year. In about 5 percent of situations, the…