When you suffer from an injury, it can be difficult to adjust. One of the most significant injuries to recover from is a traumatic brain injury. This kind of brain injury can happen in many ways, but generally speaking, the injury is a result of a blow to the head. Sometimes, objects penetrate the skull. This results in a traumatic brain injury as well.
Nursing home falls can lead to traumatic brain injuries
Car crash in congested traffic leads to 2 injuries
There are many ways that a person can get hurt or even killed by accident. When this happens, no one is often to blame. Occasionally, everyone was to blame in some way. But when one party is liable for the pain and damage felt by another, it may be time to claim financial damages.
Hayride collision leads to 11 injuries in Illinois
It's the fall and with fall comes hayrides, pumpkin patches and corn mazes. People are aware that slower agricultural vehicles may be on the roads, which is why they have to be more cautious about traveling in areas where fall events could be taking place.
Former nursing home workers charged with financial abuse
Residents of nursing homes and other assisted-living facilities are vulnerable to several kinds of abuse and neglect if their care is not handled to a professional grade. Clinicians, administrators and support staff have a lot of control over people as they start to lose it. This can put any patient at risk.
Resident-on-resident mistreatment is a concern in nursing homes
Of the things that could affect an elderly person, nursing home neglect or abuse are among the worst. Elders who need to go into nursing homes often require constant monitoring and support. They may need assistance when going to the bathroom, getting dressed or eating. They may need someone to give them medications on a schedule or to make sure they move enough to avoid developing bedsores.
Family gets settlement after wrongful death in Chicago hospital
There's a good reason it's hard to become a doctor. Entry into the medical profession requires full mastery of anatomy, diagnostics and other elements of the health sciences. Only the best of the best get the white coat after years of study and countless examinations.
Seek help if you've been hurt by surgical errors
Surgical errors are "never events" that should not take place, but when they do, it's important that surgeons are held responsible for their mistakes. While some mistakes are a result of human error and may be expected, they still have an impact on patients. It's essential that medical providers are all held to the same standards and face serious penalties when they make errors that result in injuries or deaths.
Illinois town considers court case over landfills
Personal injury lawsuits are often relatively simple. The key factor in these proceedings in Illinois civil courts is showing that the defendant had liability, or responsibility to act or not act in a certain way. That responsibility can take a variety of forms depending on the defendant's relationship to the plaintiff or the context of the situation.
Reach out for help after a severe collision
It was a nice day outside when you noticed that traffic was unusually slow up ahead. You slowed your own vehicle, taking time to put on your brakes. In fact, the traffic ahead slowed so suddenly that you even turned on your hazard lights.
