This past Saturday, a UPS delivery truck veered off an embankment and slammed into a tree on the side of a road in Federal Way, Washington. According to police, a UPS worker who was riding in the truck was ejected when the vehicle flew off the road. He was pinned between the tree and the […]
NHL Star Sidney Crosby Suffers Brain Injury Relapse
Pittsburgh Penguin’s star player, 24-year-old Sidney Crosby, was out of commission for 10 full months after suffering a major concussion in January 2010. After recently returning to the ice and playing eight full games, he has been suffering a relapse of the brain injury symptoms that had plagued him earlier in the year. Despite undergoing […]
Mother with Brain Damage Receives $900,000 Med Mal Award
After nearly dying during her C-section childbirth at Maryview Hospital in Virginia, Latarsha Creekmore filed a medical malpractice case against the hospital, claiming that they failed to check her surgical incisions for over six hours. When she was finally lifted out of her bed and taken to surgery, her bedsheets were soaked with blood. According […]
Twelve Former NFL Players Sue League for Covering Up Concussion Risks
A new group of former football pros is filing a lawsuit against the National Football League, claiming that the league as a whole has failed to take important and necessary steps in protecting players from long-term traumatic brain injuries (TBI). Overwhelming medical evidence points to the fact that on-field concussions lead directly to TBI, and […]
California Utility Gets Fined $38 Million for Fatal Blast
On Thursday, California utility regulators assigned their largest safety fine ever – $38 million – against PG&E Corporation for a pipeline explosion in 2008 that killed a Rancho Cordova man. This hefty fine implies that the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) will be even harsher on a much bigger accident that occurred in 2010, leveling […]
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