Potential New Test for Traumatic Brain Injuries

July 20th, 2010 | Posted in General, Legal News

There is a potential new test for brain injuries currently in development.  Researchers are closing in on identifying biomarkers that would allow diagnosis of brain injuries with a simple blood test.  The biomarkers are proteins produced by an injured brain.  Such testing could allow for quicker diagnosis of a brain injury and quicker appropriate medical [...]

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Litigation Leads To Auto Safety

July 8th, 2010 | Posted in Uncategorized

Since the 1960s, litigation alleging design defects in motor vehicles has triggered safety enhancements.  For example, electronic stability control, air bags, power windows, side-impact design were all prompted by litigation.  To learn more about design defect litigation and the future lives it has saved and serious injuries prevented, click here.

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Deceased Bengal Football Player Had CTE

June 28th, 2010 | Posted in Legal News

Chris Henry, the Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver who died in a traffic accident last year, had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a form of degenerative brain damage caused by multiple hits to the head — at the time of his death, according to scientists at the Brain Injury Research Institute, a research center affiliated with [...]

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France Narrows Flight AF447 Black Box Search

May 7th, 2010 | Posted in Legal News

Almost one year ago, an Air France jetliner crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.  Flight AF447  crashed on June 1, 2009 killing all 228 people onboard.  Efforts to locate the flight-data and cockpit voice recorders commenced shortly after the crash; however, to date, have not been discovered.  The digital devices do not float and are presumed [...]

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Reglan Cases Heading to Trial

May 5th, 2010 | Posted in Hot Topics

Reglan is a medication prescribed for the treatment of heartburn after eating, gastroparesis, certain digestive orders, nausea, vomiting and morning sickness.  Recent studies and reports link Reglan to Tardive Dyskinesia.  Tardive Dyskinesia is an involuntary muscle movement that can affect muscles in the face, arms, legs and overall body.  The disorder can be irreversible.  The [...]

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