Catastrophic Injuries

When commercial vehicles collide with smaller, four-wheeled vehicles, the outcome is often devastating for the smaller vehicle and its occupants. The higher the speed of the vehicles at the time of the crash, the more likely the smaller vehicle is to be unsafe to...

Getting a spinal cord injury can be a scary, life-changing experience. While some people can handle it gracefully and recover, others don’t get better and may sink into a deep depression. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t reduce the risks of spinal cord accidents....

The human brain is miraculous. It processes information and sends multiple messages to the body at lightning-fast speeds. Unfortunately, it is vulnerable to permanent damage despite its resiliency and power. Traumatic brain injuries occur for many reasons, such as...

People suffer from traumatic brain injuries every day, in a variety of ways – car accidents, slip-and-fall accidents, workplace accidents, etc. If it’s your brain itself that is injured, it’s important to know that it may not fully heal. Other types of injuries often...

For many people, a spinal cord injury is the physical injury that they fear the most. People dislike the idea of losing their mobility and living their lives dependent on assistive technology, like a wheelchair. As debilitating as spinal cord injuries can be, the...

When considering the type of injury that you would have to sustain to lose your sense of vision, people often assume that the eyes themselves have to be affected. They think about things like being injured in a fire, for instance, or burned by dangerous chemicals. But...

Do you ever get on an elevator and wonder exactly how well it's going to work? Maybe you envision it falling in the elevator shaft or coming to a stop and sitting between floors so that you can't get out. You've probably seen this on TV shows and movies, but how often...

A catastrophic spinal cord injury can arise in several situations, including auto accidents and even slips and falls. In many cases, spine damage results in permanent or temporary paralysis, impacting nearly every aspect of the victim’s life. For example, spinal cord...

The effects of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can linger on even after you have recovered from the physical or obvious injuries. Studies have shown that brain injury victims are at an increased risk of developing mental disorders later in life – even months or years...

Commercial trucking accidents can occur in many ways, most of them placing the passengers of smaller vehicles in extreme danger. However, some commercial vehicle accidents are typically more severe than others. Underride truck accidents, for example, are responsible...