Miscellaneous

• Indications of Traumatic Brain Injury

  Scott Smith | May 19, 2007 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  Though traumatic head injuries (TBI) are not always objectively apparent at the time of accident, common indications that TBI may result are loss of consciousness, inability to recall events immediately before or after the accident and alteration in mental state immediately following, such as feeling dazed, disoriented, or confused. After an accident, common symptoms of TBI in adults are the...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Criminal Assault at a Business Resulting from Inadequate Security

  Scott Smith | March 29, 2007 2:15 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  Generally in Ohio an owner or occupier of property owes a duty to exercise ordinary care in maintaining the premises in a safe condition so that invited persons are not unnecessarily and unreasonably exposed to danger. Ohio Courts have held the possessor of the premises owes a duty to an individual who is invited on the property to exercise ordinary care for the person's safety and protection...

• Insurance Industry Criticized Michigan Law that Permits Recovery from Personal Injuries

  Scott Smith | March 27, 2007 12:32 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  The Michigan Chamber of Commerce and Insurance Institute of Michigan criticized Michigan lawmakers for passing a law that allowed victims of personal injury to recover for non-economic damages.Wendy Block, Director of Health Policy and Human Resources for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and Peter Kuhnmuench, Executive Director of the Insurance Institute of Michigan claimed Michigan insurers...

• Insurance Companies Delay Payment in Rebuilding the World Trade Center

  Scott Smith | March 23, 2007 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  Construction workers along with builders protested two insurance companies delay in funding the construction to rebuild the World Trade Center. As reported on March 14, 2007, Trade Center Developer Larry Silverstein, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Executive Director Anthony Shorris, lawmakers and labor leaders rallied outside the National Association of Insurance Commissioners...

• Class Action Suit Filed Against Radio Shack

  Scott Smith | March 22, 2007 12:29 PM | 0 CommentsColumbus, OH

  Radio Shack shareholders filed a securities class action lawsuit because the company issued misleading statements that inflated stock prices. The lawsuit charges Radio Shack Company leaders with falsifying, manipulating and overstating financial results to conceal the true negative conditions of Radio Shack's business. The company stock prices rose from $20.00 per share before the start of the...