Survivors of traumatic brain injury don't want special favors, said Kevin Myers, former mayor of the small Cole County town of St. Martins. If we could just get a little understanding and a lot of patience," he said, his voice trailing off as if he had lost his train of thought. He shook his head, smiled and laughed. "What was I saying?
A woman rear-ended in a fatal drunken driving accident failed to convince a jury she had a brain injury that would merit a payment of up to $1 million from her underinsured motorist coverage. A jury gave a defense verdict to Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. in the lawsuit, which claimed Sarah Jackson suffered a traumatic brain injury and back problems in addition to a concussion and fractured cheekbone in the May 2005 accident.
An apologetic Andrew Siwy was sentenced to a year in jail Monday for the hit-and-run accident last spring that has left a then- pregnant woman hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury. Siwy, 36, a self-employed contractor and Marine Corps veteran who had been wounded in firefights in Iraq, apologized to the family of the still-hospitalized Lynette Venezia, 45, as he was sentenced by Senior Erie County Judge Michael L. D'Amico.
The head of a state brain-injury association has been selected as a guest editor of a national trade magazine. Michael Davis, president of the West Virginia Brain Injury Association, is the guest editor for the 2011-2012 winter edition of Brain Injury Professional, the official publication of the North American Brain Injury Society.
Photo by Ryan C. Henriksen Jeff Pitts, 33, poses at Rusk Rehabilitation Center last week. Pitts, a former Adair County deputy, suffered a traumatic brain injury on the job last year.
West Virginia officials must develop a program that would help people with traumatic brain injury get services in their homes and communities, the state Supreme Court has ruled - but it isn't clear when victims will get help. Earlier this month, the state court upheld a Kanawha County judge's order to make the state Department of Health and Human Resources apply for a federal Medicaid waiver for people with traumatic brain injury (TBI), and secure funding for the program. A waiver lets people get services in their homes and communities, rather than being forced into nursing homes and other institutions.
BRYAN, Texas, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Brazos Valley residents, neuroscience researchers, and interested clinicians will each have opportunities to hear from nationally recognized clinicians and researchers on the topic of Traumatic Brain Injury during the Texas Brain and Spine Institute's Fourth Annual Neuroscience Symposium on September 10, 2010. This year's symposium will consist of an evening of public presentations aimed at helping local residents, as well as brain injury patients and their family members, better understand the complexities of a traumatic brain injury and ways to reduce the risk of head injury. Traumatic brain injury can occur during sports activities, vehicle collisions and in combat by military personnel. An afternoon session will feature a clinical pre...
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