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Traumatic Brain Injury

June 6, 2019 By nicole

What Compensation Do You Get from a North Carolina Workers’ Comp Claim?

If you are injured at work it can wreck your health, your income, and your work. In North Carolina, workers’ compensation benefits are meant to help you after an injury or work-related condition until you can get back to work. You may be able to get medical treatment and a part of your lost wages. […]

Filed Under: Burn Injury, Catastrophic Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Work Injury, Workers' Compensation

April 16, 2018 By nicole

Think Traumatic Brain Injuries Are Rare? Think Again.

Did you know March was Brain Injury Awareness Month?  We wanted to post this blog last month, but we forgot – brain injury, perhaps? All kidding aside, brain injuries are no joke.  Often not detected or diagnosed for months or even years, these injuries can devastate lives.  New studies reported by Reuters last month reveal […]

Filed Under: Traumatic Brain Injury, Catastrophic Injury Tagged With: brain injury, head injury, traumatic brain injury

January 15, 2014 By nicole

$760 million settlement for football players with traumatic brain injuries rejected

A federal judge is refusing to sign off on a $760 million settlement for retired football players suffering from traumatic brain injuries caused by concussions because she believes the amount is not adequate to compensate the thousands of retired athletes and their families who are entitled to the money. The settlement was first negotiated last […]

Filed Under: In the News, Catastrophic Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury Tagged With: Class Action, Compensable Injury

December 11, 2013 By nicole

Daycare pays parents of child with brain injury $1 million

A North Carolina daycare center was forced to pay $1 million dollars to the family of a child who suffered a severe brain injury as the result of negligence of one of the daycare’s employees. The employee turned her attention away from the infant for one or two minutes and found the child unresponsive. The daycare […]

Filed Under: Traumatic Brain Injury, In the News, Premises Liability Tagged With: Compensable Injury, Litigation, North Carolina

October 23, 2013 By nicole

Miner death toll rises

Four coal workers were killed within the first eleven days of the government shutdown, according to reports.  The deaths add to the mounting 2013 coal miner death toll, which lists 18 fatalities as of Oct. 17. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announces each fatality on their website but the […]

Filed Under: Catastrophic Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Work Injury, Workers' Compensation, Wrongful Death Tagged With: Jobs, North Carolina Workers' Compensation

September 16, 2013 By nicole

Texas TBI sufferer wins suit against employer

A Texas man who suffered traumatic brain injury from an on-the-job fall won about $5.53 million dollars after suing his former employer, West Star Transportation, for negligence. Charles Robison, 52, was standing on top of an overloaded flatbed truck when he fell approximately 15 feet to the concrete below.  In addition to fractures to his […]

Filed Under: Workers' Compensation, Traumatic Brain Injury, Work Injury Tagged With: Compensable Injury, traumatic brain injury, workers' compensation

September 6, 2013 By nicole

Former college football players sue NCAA

Three former college football players, including one who once played for North Carolina State University, filed a class-action lawsuit against the NCAA in a federal court in Chattanooga, TN this week, according to the Associated Press. The former players allege the NCAA neglected its players’ health by failing to educate them about the risks of […]

Filed Under: In the News, Traumatic Brain Injury Tagged With: Class Action, Compensable Injury, North Carolina

August 27, 2013 By nicole

Athlete’s family sues NCAA, university for player’s death

The family of a college football player who died after a head injury during practice has filed suit against the NCAA, the team’s coach and others, according to reports. Derek Sheely, 22, collapsed during a preseason drill for the Frostburg State University football team in Western Maryland. According to the complaint filed by attorneys for […]

Filed Under: Personal Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Wrongful Death Tagged With: Wrongful Death

August 14, 2013 By nicole Leave a Comment

Durham man wins personal injury suit against city

A Durham man who suffered severe brain injuries after being hit by a city-owned truck won a $2 million settlement from the city and its insurer, according to an article in NC Lawyers Weekly. Reyes A. Gonzalez was within a crosswalk and had the pedestrian signal when he was struck by a Water Management Department […]

Filed Under: In the News, Personal Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Truck Accident

May 9, 2013 By nicole Leave a Comment

Truck drivers at increased risk for spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries

Spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury are among the many catastrophic injuries for which American truck drivers are at risk. According to a post by Dr. Michael Choo of Paradigm Outcomes, factors such as fatigue, long hours, highway conditions and difficult-to-maneuver vehicles contribute to truck drivers being at great risk of catastrophic injury on […]

Filed Under: Truck Accident, Catastrophic Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury Tagged With: Compensable Injury, Trucking Accidents

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