Nearly two million people end up in emergency rooms for concussion every year. The cumulative effects of multiple concussion injury and Second Impact Syndrome can result in cognitive deficits, personality changes, migraines, and a myriad of other impairments.
It is essential for plaintiff and defense attorneys and in-house insurance and hospital professionals to stay abreast of all that is happening in brain injury litigation and who is and isn’t being found liable.
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Attorneys:
Counsel must develop a list of facts and circumstances, specific to the client’s fact situation, which demonstrates proof of multiple concussion injury.
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Physicians:
Physicians must consider this litigation checklist when defending an alleged medical malpractice or negligence claim arising from improper diagnosis of a multiple concussion injury.
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Insurers:
When investigating a claim of multiple concussion injury or Second Impact Syndrome, the insurer should carefully evaluate the actions of the health provider, the patient, and any other party implicated in causing the patient’s head injury.
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Employers:
A checklist for employers to determine if a multiple concussion injury or Second Impact Syndrome or other related injury such as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is "work-related."
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