The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recently completed a study into the occurrence of traumatic brain injuries in all industries of the U.S. workforce. The Epidemiology of Fatal Occupational Traumatic Brain Injury says that workers in the construction industry are the most likely…
Last week, a Colorado Department of Transportation worker was seriously injured in a pedestrian accident on Interstate 70. The worker was attempting to provide traffic control after an earlier accident on the highway. Police report that the accident occurred at around 1 p.m. on Friday…
A New Jersey restaurant recently agreed to pay a woman $1.7 million in a slip and fall lawsuit settlement. The victim was attending a work party at Tessera Restaurant in Hamilton, New Jersey in January 2008. At the party, the restaurant informed attendees that they…
A Colorado Springs woman is being asked to pay $1,200 or have her dogs put down after a recent dog bite incident. The woman owns an American bulldog named Likor and a boxer mix named Patches. Animal control seized the dogs after a little girl…
Saturday evening, a dinner went wrong when an accident resulting in a fire and 4 injured restaurant patrons occurred at the Ozona Blue Grilling Co. in Palm Harbor, Florida. According to county police department officials, the accident happened when a 28-year old waiter at the…
21-year old University of Alabama student T.J. Atchinson recently received the first embryonic stem cell therapy for a spinal cord injury. The college student’s life changed in September when he was in a car accident and became paralyzed. After learning the news, doctors also informed…
A Connecticut family was recently awarded a $58 million verdict in a cerebral palsy birth injury lawsuit. The verdict has been reported to be the largest verdict ever given by a Connecticut jury. The family filed the lawsuit because their son suffered brain damage and…
Coaches in the state of Colorado must now complete online courses on brain injuries in order to be aware of causes and symptoms so that they will be aware if one of their athletes received a concussion in a game. The online course also discusses…
Denver has tied with Philadelphia for eighth place on the list of cities with the “top dog attacks.” The list is compiled by the U.S. Postal Service on the number of attacks on letter carriers each year. Houston is the top city for dogs who…
A Denver family is focusing on changing laws in the area so that people who flee the scene of an accident will face prison time. The family is pushing this after a hit-and-run accident left their youngest brother with a serious brain injury and the…