There’s been another victory for plaintiffs and the admissibility of diffusion tensor imaging to confirm a diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI). The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania rejected a Daubert motion filed by Goodyear
Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog
The Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog, published by Stark & Stark, focuses on legal issues related to traumatic brain injuries (TBI). It covers topics such as the long-term cognitive effects of mild and severe TBIs, legal precedents involving brain injury claims, admissibility of medical imaging evidence like diffusion tensor imaging in court, and the impact of TBIs on mortality and quality of life. The blog also discusses gender differences in concussion outcomes, rehabilitation considerations, and recent court decisions affecting TBI litigation. It serves as a resource for understanding the intersection of medical research and legal practice in brain injury cases.
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Children With Concussions Are Four Times More Likely to Sustain a New Concussion
Representing children who have sustained a traumatic brain injury can be challenging. Because the brain does not fully mature until around the age of 25, it is difficult to predict the child’s chances of full recovery. The antiquated view was…
New Neuroscience Study Analyzes Head Impact in Youth Football
A new study published in the Journal of Neurosurgical Pediatrics utilized diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) to characterize changes in head impact exposure across multiple football seasons. The study also helped determine whether changes in head impact exposure (HIE) correlated with…
May’s International Brain Injury Association Journal Studies
This month’s issue of Brain Injury, the official journal of the International Brain Injury Association, was devoted to pediatric traumatic brain injury. Multiple research studies were conducted and included in the journal. Below are summaries of some of these…
Florida Court Upholds Admissibility of Quantitative Electroencephalogram (qEEG)
A Florida trial court has denied a defendant’s Daubert motion to strike the plaintiff’s expert’s testimony regarding qEEG testing. In Snyder v. ESURANCE Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Case No. 01-2018-CA-2651 (8th Judicial Circ. Ala. Chua. Cty., FL), the defendant…
Long-Term Residuals Following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
A new study published in the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness entitled “Subtle Long-Term Cognitive Effects of a Single Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and the Impact of a Three-Month Aerobic Exercise Intervention” debunks the myth that a single,…
Sleep Disorders and Traumatic Brain Injury
A new study out of the University of California, San Francisco, and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System investigated the increased risk of sleep disorders following traumatic brain injury.
In this study, the researchers performed a cohort study…
Pediatric Mild-Traumatic Brain Injury and Long Term Consequences
For a long time, clinicians believed children who sustained a mild traumatic brain injury went on to an uneventful recovery. More recent research has demonstrated the fallacy of this outdated belief. A new study published in Brain Injury explored the…
Women Found To Be More Vulnerable Than Men Regarding Persistent Mild TBI
A recent study published in JAMA Neurology explored whether post-acute mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) symptoms differ between men and women. In this cohort study, a total of 2,000 patients with mild traumatic brain injury (1,331 men and669 women)…
Brain Injury Awareness Month is Here
Did you know at least 2.8 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury each year, and at least 5.3 million Americans live with a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)-related disability? Every year when March comes around we observe Brain Injury Awareness…