HANDLING BRAIN INJURY CASES
Over the next few entries we will be exploring the nature of and how to handle non-catastrophic brain injuries. Including
1) Recognizing the Injury
2) Defining Traumatic Brain Injury
3) Proving that a Traumatic Brain Injury has Occurred
4) Deposition and Trial Testimony of the T.B.I. Victim
5) Cross-Examination on the Defense Doctor
6) Summary
“WE’VE LEARNED THAT THE BRAIN IS MORE PLASTIC THAN WE ONCE THOUGHT AND THAT DAMAGE CAN COM FROM ITS MOVEMENT WITHIN THE SKULL AFTER A BLOW TO THE HEAD OR TO ANOTHER PART OF THE BODY. WE’VE LEARNED NOT TO BE SURPRISED WHEN BRAIN-DAMAGE SYMPTOMS ARE REPORTED WHEN NO IDENTIFIABLE LOCAL BRUISING OR FRACTURING CAN BE FOUND.
Ayub Ommaya, Professor of Neurosurgery at George Washington University and Chief Medical Advisor to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as quoted in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, November 24, 1982.
Please click here to learn more about Tramatic Brain Injury and MTBI or non-catastrophic brain injury.
THOMAS C. DOEHRMAN
Doehrman-Chamberlain
800-269-3443
tcd@tbilawyer.com