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• Traumatic Brain Injury

  Scott Smith | May 12, 2007 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the term used to describe the damage to the brain suffered as a result of a sudden physical force. The human brain consists of billions of microscopic fibers, suspended in cerebrospinal fluid. While the exterior skull is smooth, the inner surface contains ribbing and pronounced bony structures. Impact with these inner surfaces of the skull causes tearing and...

• Personal Injury and Premises (injury while on another's property)Damages in Spinal Cord Injury Cases

  Scott Smith | May 05, 2007 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  Event the slightest trauma to the spinal cord is usually devastating. The nature of a spinal cord injury (SCI) is such that the amount of damages that may be recovered against a party responsible for causing such injury is substantial. The average out-of-pocket cost of coping with a spinal cord injury in the first year can be as high as $572,000 for the most severe injuries. For each year...

• Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)

  Scott Smith | April 28, 2007 10:09 AM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling. Frequent causes of damage are trauma (car accidents, gunshots, falls, etc.) or disease (polio, spina bifida, Friedreich's Ataxia, etc.). The spinal cord does not have to be severed in order for a loss of functioning to occur. In fact, in most people with SCI, the spinal cord...

• Car Hits Boy on Bicycle in Danville

  Shannon Weidemann | April 26, 2007 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  A boy out for a ride on his bicycle in Danville was struck by a car last week Tuesday. He may have ridden into the path of the car and the car did not have time to stop. The victim was 11-years-old and suffered from numerous injuries according to his mother. "He has a titanium rod in his femur and a broken collarbone," she said. "He also had a large laceration on his top lip that took...

• Factors Affecting Damages Awards in Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Animal (Dog) and Premise (slip and fall) Cases

  Scott Smith | April 21, 2007 8:56 AM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  Nature of InjuryIt stands to reason that the most important fact which will affect the amount of damages that you can recover is the nature of the injury sustained. The more serious an injury is, the higher the value of the claim. If you are suffer from a soft tissue injury, such as with whiplash or neck strain, you will not recover ads much as someone who is injured more seriously, involving...

• Amount of Damages in a Personal Injury or Medical Negligence Case

  Scott Smith | April 14, 2007 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  There is no simple, universal formula that lets us put a price tag on injury, pain and suffering. One who has been injured and makes a claim for injury or wrongful death must rely on the experience of a qualified lawyer in handling injury cases of all kinds. This experience is crucial in order to ensure that the case will not be settled out of court for less than it is worth in court.There...

• Personal Injury Damages

  Scott Smith | April 07, 2007 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  The most significant issue to most people involved in a personal injury claim is the issue of damages. Obtaining fair and just compensation for injuries you have sustained should be a primary concern of your lawyer.When a judge or jury finds the defendant (at fault party) liable for wrongful conduct in a personal injury case, the issue then becomes what types of damages are due to the plaintiff...

• Congress Launches Probe into Pet Food Recall

  Shannon Weidemann | April 05, 2007 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  The House Oversight and Government Reform Domestic Policy Subcommittee Chairman Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio is launching an investigation into the Menu Foods recall. Over 90 brands of dog and cat food have been recalled. Researchers have discovered melamine in the wheat gluten used to make the food. Other tests have found rat poison, but that has not been confirmed by the FDA. The investigation...

• Frequently Asked Questions About Personal Injury, Medical Negligence, Slip and Fall, Animal (Dog) and Property (Premise Liability) Negligence

  Scott Smith | March 31, 2007 4:17 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  What has to be shown in order to prove negligence?In order for one to prove that a defendant (at fault party), was negligent (fault) and therefore responsible for damages to you, a plaintiff (person claiming injuries and damages) must show:• the defendant had a duty to use reasonable; • the defendant breached the duty by acting unreasonably;• it was foreseeable that by acting unreasonably,...

• Should Recovery for Intangible Losses from a Personal Injury be Taxed?

  Scott Smith | March 30, 2007 8:54 AM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  If you were injured due to someone or some company's careless or negligent acts should you be taxed if you recover for your losses? The business elite think so.McQuillan & Abramyan's "The Tort Tax" (WSJ, March 27, 2007) concludes that each American family is expending an annual "tort tax" of $9,827. This "tax" is comprised of what the authors claim are "static" and "dynamic" costs. The majority...