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Major NFL Concussion Lawsuit Settlement Overview

in Accidents, Brain Injuries, NFL Concussion Lawsuit, Traumatic Brain Injury

The National Football League (NFL) has long been accused of ignoring the damaging effects of brain injuries on its players. Even though they were presented with evidence of the risks of repetitive traumatic brain injuries many years ago, they did not share the information with players, concealed some information and did not take enough steps to prevent further injuries including NFL concussion head injuries and their severe aftermath. As such, they were hit with a major lawsuit to pay for damages and medical expenses of NFL retirees. The suit, which was filed in 2011, is officially called National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation,...

05 May

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NYC Pedestrian Accident Lawyers Discuss Knockdown Car Accidents in the Five Boroughs

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in Accidents, Pedestrian Accidents, Vehicle Accidents

While city officials have worked hard to reduce pedestrian accidents during recent years, they keep occurring regularly in all five New York City boroughs explains Arkady Frekhtman, one of the pedestrian accident lawyers at the F&A injury law firm in Brooklyn. On March 24, 2017, a one-year-old girl was struck and killed in Queens by a truck driver. The mother and her baby girl were hit while they were in the crosswalk at the intersection of 23rd Avenue and 94th Street. The police officers who responded to the scene found the little girl suffering from severe head trauma and bodily injuries. She...

03 May

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Taxotere Hair Loss: Breast Cancer Drug Causes Alopecia in Women

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in Defective Drugs, Mass Torts

It was back during the late 1990s that the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first approved injections of docetaxel (brand name Taxotere®) for different forms of cancer. Since that time, it’s been approved to treat breast, prostate, head, and neck cancers. Patients suffering from gastric cancers and non-small cell lung cancer have also been advised to use this drug. At present, many patients are now filing lawsuits claiming their doctors failed to inform them that using this drug could result in permanent (not just temporary) hair loss. While some observers have tried to minimize the significance of permanent hair...

02 May

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Truck Accident Lawyer Discusses PTSD Among Survivors of Semi Tractor-Trailer Crashes

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in Truck Accidents

When large trucks are involved in serious crashes, the impact on those involved is often far more than physical explains a truck accident lawyer in New York City. More than 3 million people suffer injuries in U.S. traffic accidents every year. The National Center for PTSD estimates that nine percent of these individuals have PTSD. One of these is a survivor of a tractor-trailer accident that killed five of her fellow nursing students. The April 23, 2015, wreck happened on Interstate 16 near Savannah, Georgia, when a big rig failed to slow down as it approached stalled traffic. The semi rear-ended...

02 May

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Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyers Explain How A TBI Requires Experienced Legal Help

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in Brain Injuries

Four or five decades ago our country could only offer limited rehabilitative resources to someone suffering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Times have changed explains Arkady Frekhtman, one of the traumatic brain injury lawyers at the F&A accident law firm in New York City. Advanced medical training and new forms of treatment now help many people lead longer and better quality lives after they incur a brain injury due to a major car accident, a fall occurring at construction site job, a war-related event or countless other incidents. Today, there are about 5.3 million people battling the physically challenging aspects...

26 April

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Recovering After A Motorcycle Accident? Watch for These Hidden Injuries

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James thought he had escaped from motorcycle accident unharmed. He’d been hit from behind while being stuck in a traffic jam, but he was wearing a helmet, and no major injuries were detected, he just had some scratches on elbow....

26 April

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Fire Accident Attorney Discusses Smoke Inhalation as a Cause of Serious Injury or Death in Industrial and Home Fires

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in Explosion Injuries

Fire Accident Attorney Discusses Smoke Inhalation as a Cause of Serious Injury or Death in Industrial and Home Fires...

20 April

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NYC Construction Accident Lawyer Discusses Electrocutions & Handling of Hazardous Energy

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in Construction Accidents, Electrical Accidents

Although falls account for the largest number of major construction site injuries and deaths, close to 10% (about 8.6% in 2015) of them occur while someone is working with electricity or other hazardous energy explains Arkady Frekhtman, a NYC construction accident lawyer. Many dangerous assignments are tied to lockout-tagout (LOTO) tasks – they are performed to try and protect workers from sudden surges of power being emitted by machines or various sources of electrical (or other) forms of energy. One older, long-term study states that electrocutions are the fourth major cause of death among construction workers. Depending on the precise tasks...

19 April

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Quadriplegia Injury Lawyers Discuss One Patient’s Brave Quest to Learn New Motor Skills

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in Quadriplegia Injuries

Bill Kochevar is an exceptionally brave 56-year-old man who recently let doctors surgically implant brain-recording and muscle stimulator devices into his body explains one of the quadriplegia injury lawyers at the F&A accident law firm in New York. He has been battling quadriplegia (tetraplegia) for over eight years since his spinal cord injury. Quadriplegia causes paralysis in one’s pelvic organs – as well as in the hands, arms, trunk, and legs. Up until this ground-breaking surgery, the injured Mr. Kochevar could not move any portion of his body beneath his shoulders. He suffered his injury while riding his bicycle. He had...

14 April

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NYC Construction Site Falls Remain Deadly

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in Construction Accidents

Every few months, another sad news story reveals that a New York City construction worker has fallen to his death. As most construction site managers know, falls are among the “fatal four” most dangerous threats to construction site injuries and deaths. Close to 38.8% of the construction site deaths reported in 2015 were caused by falls. Many falls involve improperly constructed scaffolding, unprotected roof edges; poorly covered holes in floors; and inadequate fall protection training. Highly responsible construction site supervisors can easily prevent all of these problems long before anyone falls. Another Deadly Construction Site Fall in Brooklyn – December 2016 Shortly before...

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