Car accidents occur every day, and more accidents are occurring involving car sharing and ridesharing services because more people are using these services. While you may be familiar with your own insurance coverage in the case of an accident, many people like you who use services like Uber and Lyft are left wondering if they are covered and who pays…
When a pregnant women receives proper prenatal care, she and her baby are less likely to experience medical problems that can cause them harm. Sadly, some women do not receive this care and they and/or their babies suffer from complications because their health care providers were negligent. Although most obstetricians follow the proper protocol in testing pregnant women for certain…
When someone dies as a result of the negligence another person or entity, family members may be able to bring a lawsuit for the loss suffered by victim’s beneficiaries and by the victim’s estate. This type of lawsuit is known as a wrongful death claim. The term “wrongful death claim” is a label placed on a lawsuit because the injury suffered by the victim is death.…
While brain surgery sounds scary, there are skilled surgeons who regularly perform this type of operation. Some surgeries prevent strokes; some are performed to remove tumors; and others stop bleeding and swelling following a traumatic incident. Whether a brain surgery is planned or an emergency, medical personnel can make mistakes. When these mistakes happen, the consequences can be debilitating and…
Memory is a complex neurological process and, depending on the area of the brain that was injured, a victim of a TBI can suffer from different memory impairments, including the following: Short-term memory impairment, which makes it difficult or impossible to retain information from about twenty seconds ago. Long-term memory impairment, which makes it difficult or impossible to retrieve information…
When damage occurs to certain areas of the brain, personality changes can occur. For example, an injury to the frontal lobe may affect emotions, behavior and impulse control. As a result, people who have suffered damage to their left or right frontal lobes often suffer personality changes. While some changes in personality can be subtle, many brain injury victims suffer…
Many people have heard of postpartum depression and understand the risk that new mothers face of suffering from it. Likewise, parents who have endured a traumatic birth that led to a birth injury will also enter parenthood with emotional issues to overcome. However, unlike postpartum depression that often fades away once hormone levels return to normal, parents of injured children…
After being injured in a car accident, the insurance company for the other side will attempt to contact you and get you to sign different release forms. Just remember that everything insurance companies do is designed to give you less money so they can keep more money. One of the ways they do this is through the use of release forms.…
With certain serious brain injuries, victims may be left unable to take care of themselves. In fact, they may require ongoing medical care and in-home assistance. Additionally, they may not be able to work or perform their job duties as they did prior to their brain injury. This is why brain injury victims are often impacted for life. Because severe…
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) is the liquid that flows throughout the brain. Due to certain brain or sinus injuries, a leak of CFS can occur in the brain. If there is too much CFS in the brain, a condition known as hydrocephalus develops. This condition affects hundreds of thousands of people from the very old to the very young. In fact,…