September 21, 2009: San Francisco
Traumatic Brain Injury, Trucking Accident: $49,123,375.87
Recognizing the staggering costs of healthcare associated with traumatic brain injury, a San Jose jury awarded Drew Dakota Bianchi $49,123,375.87 late Monday afternoon. The verdict followed a hotly contested five-week trial involving two truck drivers who collided on State Route 152 (Pacheco Pass), one of whom [...]
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San Jose Jury Recognizes the Severity of TBI
Accident Lawyers Require Particular Experience
Accident Lawyers Require Particular Experience for Auto, Motorcycle, Bicycle, Commercial and Big Rig Truck Lawsuits, Also Attorneys for Cell Phone Accident Liability, And Serious Injury Claims Such as Traumatic Brain Injury and Paralysis.
The job of the accident attorney is often thought to be no more complicated than demonstrating who ran the red light. In fact, [...]
A Motorcycle Accident Lawyers Perspective: Motorcycle Safety – What We Can do To Make Our Streets Safer for Motorcyclists
By Ray Henke, a Motorcycle Accident Lawyer, Biker Rights Advocate and founder of Motorcyclists Against Dumb Drivers
The objective of our motorcycling community should be first and foremost to attempt to increase our safety on our American roads and highways. The solution is first to identify the principle causes of motorcycle accidents, and then to arrive [...]
Traumatic Brain Injury, TBI, from the Physicians’ and Lawyers’ Perspective
When physicians refer to traumatic brain injury, or TBI, they mean a closed head brain injury from an impact to the head or “diffuse axonal shearing” from a rotational acceleration and deceleration, the rotational movement of the head and brain resulting in a sliding of brain layers. Cavitaton can also commonly result in traumatic [...]
California Environmental and Toxic Tort Law
Environmental and Toxic Tort Law cases in California are often one and the same. In an age when the carelessness of large corporations seems endless and the public has awoken to environmental dangers such as global warming and pollution of groundwater, such cases can not only provide a measure of redress to injured plaintiffs [...]
California Paraplegia Lawyer, Southern California Paraplegia Attorney
Paraplegia is the loss of movement of the lower part of the body, essentially from the waist down. While quadriplegia is the loss of movement of a person’s arms and legs and essentially, the loss of control of muscles from the neck down, paraplegia is still the result of major damage to a person’s spine.
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California Paralysis Lawyer, Southern California Paralysis Attorney
An Auto or Motorcycle Accident can cause paralysis, which is the result that occurs when the brain or spinal cord is disconnected with the body. The resultant loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups makes it impossible to control the muscles that move that part of the body. This type [...]
California Head Injury Lawyer, Southern California Brain Injury Attorney
Like snowflakes, or so they say, every brain is different. Brain injuries have just as many variations. Brain injuries can be severe or mild, permanent or temporary, immediate or arise some time after a trauma. Persons with brain injuries may not realize that they have them or may shrug off the damage that can be [...]
