In 2008, 91-year-old William Wilson turned his car to pull into the Westward Look Resort in Tucson, Arizona in front of bicyclists in the middle of a race. 10 of those cyclists ran into Wilson’s car, many of them suffering injuries. One cyclist, Gary Steube, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury and remained in a… Read More
Brain Injured High School Football Athlete Sues Over Defective Helmet
On August 24, 2010, high school football player Edward Acuna filed a suit against Riddel, a helmet manufacturing company. Acuna endured a traumatic brain injury during a football game in which he wore a helmet made by Riddell. During the Gary High School homecoming football game in October 2009, Acuna took a blow to the… Read More
Drunk Driver and Two Bars Sued By Brain Injury Victim
A St. Francis High School student from Duluth, Minnesota who was hit by a drunk driver while walking along the road suffered a traumatic brain injury, a Duluth News Tribune article reported. The student, Alex Balluff, have brought a civil lawsuit against the driver, Julie Ann Gronski, Foster’s Sports Bar & Grill, and Runway Bar… Read More
Rugby Players and Fans Show Support for Paralyzed Player
Delmar resident and rugby player Michael Jones suffered a severe spinal cord injury at a rugby tournament in Florida on February 27, 2010. A neurosurgeon called his wife, Lisa DeStafo Jones, to tell her the shocking news. He said, ‘This is a Christopher Reeve-type of injury,’ an article in the Times Union reported. At age… Read More
Shuttle Program for Brain Injury Survivors Criticized for Misuse
New York City plays host to a Medicaid shuttle program for people with traumatic brain injuries to get around town for errands and short trips around the city. Recently, the program has been under fire after an unknown whistleblower revealed that some clients have been using the shuttle service to purchase cigarettes. Apparently, it wasn’t… Read More
Serbian Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber Study Reveals Positive Results for Brain Trauma
The Slavica BioChem division of Hard to Treat Diseases, Inc. (HTDS) recently presented results from their hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) chamber study for treatment of traumatic brain injury. The positive results were presented to the 8th World Congress on the Brain Injury in Washington, DC in March, put on by the International Brain Injury Association. The… Read More