Brain injuries are commonly sustained in serious accidents. These severe injuries are often debilitating and can result in long-term health problems. Brain injuries cover a wide spectrum of severity, ranging from something mild, like a concussion, to something catastrophic, like a traumatic brain injury. Due to the fact that a concussion and a traumatic brain…
One of the most serious injuries that an accident victim can suffer is a traumatic brain injury (TBI). According to national statistics, almost three million people suffer brain injuries each year. Almost 250,000 brain injury victims end up hospitalized each year. Approximately 60,000 of those victims die from those injuries, and for those who are…
A traumatic brain injury is a common accident-related injury that can have multiple long-lasting effects on many different areas of your life. People who endure a traumatic brain injury typically need ongoing and expensive medical care in order to make a full recovery. In addition to physical injury, TBI victims often experience serious emotional and…
A 16-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries in Norfolk, Virginia (VA), when a hit-ad-run driver struck her as she walked to school on a Monday morning. The nearly fatal collision happened in the 1100 block of Park Avenue near the intersection with E. Virginia Beach Boulevard, and police continued searching for the fleeing driver days after the…
Allow me to begin with a story out of California that has stuck in my mind for nearly a decade. Two sisters, one just of whom was just 16 years old at the time, suffered serious, life-altering traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) when a driver with a measured blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .16 ran a…