An old woman, 95 years of age, is a patient at a certain Staten island hospital. On 9 June 1998, she became comatose, cyanotic and unresponsive after she became disconnected from her ventilator machine. An employee of the hospital heard the old woman’s room alarm sound but the alarm at…
The 38-year-olf father of a 9-week-old Grand Island girl was charged with two felony counts of child abuse last Thursday morning after the infant suffered a “severe brain injury.” The county attorney asked for a “substantial bond” of 10% of $100,000 citing the infant’s injuries. She has retinal hemorrhaging, fluid…
An alleged overdose of post-operative pain medications led a patient to file a law suit against his nurse and her employers. The man suffered and anoxic brain injury after the overdose led him to code. He had been recovering after arthroscopic surgery. The judgment awarded him $126,500. The man and…
Back in 1986, the U.S. Congress created the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act. The original jurisdiction of this Program covered children’s claims of injury resulting from vaccines. With the necessity of vaccinations and because most children receive several vaccinations for daycare and school,…
A woman who claims to have suffered brain damage from a hospital procedure performed shortly after her honeymoon has gotten a settlement after her case was taken to the Irish High Court. The 46-year-old victim from Loughlinstown, Ireland, was described as “bubbly and vivacious” before her injury. She was employed…
In 1986, Congress mandated the creation of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) which was to operate under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act. The VICP was to oversee all children’s claims of injury that had resulted from vaccines. The program’s implementation was highly important because of the widespread use…
Severe closed head injuries are generally investigated by computed tomography (CT), which can give a visual representation of injuries that require surgery, New York Brain Injury Lawyershave learned. Medical professionals also monitor pressure inside the head and other details of the brain, so they know when to use artificial ventilation…