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Traumatic Brain Injury Law Blog

Information, news and legal updates for individuals and families who have suffered a traumatic brain injury.
By Bruce Stern

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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 10:02:10

Assembly Members Issue Multimedia Package Related to Teen Driver Safety Legislation

Posted on April 07, 2009
Assembly members Anthony Chiappone, John S. Wisniewski and Pamela R. Lampitt issued a multimedia package on a legislative package aimed to improve teen driver safety in New Jersey, which was approved by the General Assembly on March 5, 2009. The bills would implement the top recommendations of the state's Teen Driver Study Commission...

21 New Jersey Schools to Receive ImPACT Program

Posted on April 03, 2009
The death of 16-year old Montclair, New Jersey high school student Ryne Dougherty has prompted legislators throughout the state to increase the level of awareness and prevention for sports related brain injuries. Earlier this week, it was announced that 21 schools in Northern New Jersey may get funding in upwards of $40,000 from The Brain injury association of New Jersey and the Mountainside Health Foundation in order to implement the ImPACT Concussion Management program, which gives students a computerized brain test before their sports season starts...

Brain Injury Litigation Strategies 2009

Posted on March 31, 2009
The Brain Injury Association of America will present Brain Injury Litigation Strategies 2009 in Las Vegas on April 30 – May 1, 2009. I will present a seminar on Thursday April 30, entitled Strategies for Dealing with the Plaintiff who has a Pre-morbid History of Depression, Prior Concussions or Other Medical Conditions...

Sara Jane Brain Foundation's American PABI Heroes Tour

Posted on March 26, 2009
I am very excited to announce that the Sara Jane Brain Foundation announced details yesterday for the 15-city "American PABI Heroes Tour" set for May 2009. The American PABI Heroes Tour will begin on May 3rd at Tufts University in Boston and end on May 17th at the University of Washington in Seattle...

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MTBI 2009 - An International Conference on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on March 23, 2009
I am very pleased and honored to announce that I will be presenting a plenary address at MTBI 2009 – An International Conference on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. This will be the first International multidisciplinary conference on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia August 12th – August 15th, 2009 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver...

Stay Focused on Safety

Posted on March 19, 2009
On March 9, 2009, the Asbury Park Press published an editorial, 'Stay focused on safety.' This piece focused on four bills pertaining to teen driver safety that passed the General Assembly. The Asbury Park Press advocates passage of these bills...

Natasha Richardson's Deadly Brain Injury

Posted on March 19, 2009
The tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson yesterday has raised new concerns over the need for prevention and early detection of mild traumatic brain injuries. While the first few hours after an injury has occurred are the most crucial in determining the severity of an injury, it is imperative to keep a watchful eye for the next 48-72 hours...

Brain Injury Association of New Jersey's Annual Gala Recap

Posted on March 16, 2009
Last week I attended the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey's annual gala in Whippany, New Jersey. It was a wonderful success and congratulations go out to John Tiene, chairman of the board of trustees as well as to Barbara Geiger-Parker, president and CEO...

Partners in Policymaking

Posted on March 12, 2009
The New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities have created a new, and free, program entitled Partners in Policymaking (PIP) which is an innovative leadership training program for adults with disabilities and for parents of young children with disabilities...

Neuropsychological Functioning Following Complicated Versus Uncomplicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on March 09, 2009
I just received a copy of the February 2009 issue of Brain Injury, The Official Research Journal of the International Brain Injury Association. There, I found an interesting article by Rael T. Lange, Grant L. Iverson and Michael D. Franzen entitled 'Neuropsychological Functioning Following Complicated Versus Uncomplicated Mild Traumatic Brain Injury'...

Reminder: Brain Injury Association of New Jersey's Annual Gala Tomorrow Evening

Posted on March 09, 2009
The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey will hold it's second annual gala tomorrow evening, March 10, 2009, at the Marriott Hanover. The Association will be honoring Paul Anzano Esq., Steven Benvenisti Esq., and Corinne "Cookie" Slade. Each of these fine people have contributed their talents to advancing the quality of life of people affected by brain injury...

Risk of Epilepsy After Traumatic Brain Injury

Posted on March 05, 2009

Stark & Stark Fosamax Attorneys Review Possible Claims

Posted on March 04, 2009

American Neuropsychiatric Association Meeting

Posted on March 02, 2009

Our Most-Vulnerable Veterans Need Support

Posted on February 25, 2009
Below is an article written by Jennipher Dickens, the Communications Director for the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation, and quotes members of the Foundation's National Advisory Board. The article discusses young veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with traumatic brain injuries and the concerns many on the Foundation's National Advisory Board have expressed...

Brain Injury Association of New Jersey to Host Annual Gala

Posted on February 23, 2009
The Brain Injury Association of New Jersey, on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, will be holding its Annual Gala at the Marriott Hanover, 1401 Route 10 East, Whippany. The Association will be honoring three guests for their contributions to the brain injury community...

The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation's National Advisory Board Legal Committee

Posted on February 19, 2009
As you may already know, The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation has quickly become one of the leading organizations dealing with Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury (PABI) throughout the nation. The foundation is named after 3-year-old Sarah Jane Donohue who was shaken by her baby nurse when she was only 5 days old breaking 3 ribs, both collarbones and causing a severe brain injury...

American College of Emergency Physicians Announces New Guidelines for Mild TBI

Posted on February 17, 2009
I read an article recently which stated that the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have changed the guidelines used in diagnosing mild traumatic brain injuries. I think the revised guidelines are great, and will only help to increase the early diagnosis of, and therefore treatment of, the more than one million mild traumatic brain injuries suffered each year...

Brain Injury Association of New Jersey Develops Teen Driver Website

Posted on February 13, 2009
The prevention team of the Brain Injury Association of New Jersey is currently in the process of developing a new website for parents of new and young adult drivers. The website, NJTeenDriver.com is being sponsored by the Division of Highway Traffic Safety and will be going live within the next 2-3 months...

The National Pediatric Acquired Brain Injury Plan

Posted on February 11, 2009
The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation has recently submitted a letter to the newly installed President of the United States urging President Obama to address one of the most critical issues facing the new Administration: catastrophic health care reform. The letter urges President Obama to increase awareness for pediatric acquired brain injury (PABI), and more importantly, to pass the PABI Act of 2009...

US Army Releases 2008 Suicide Rates

Posted on February 09, 2009
For the fourth year in a row, the suicide rate in the United States Army has risen. The Army released it's 2008 suicide rates earlier this month and this year's rate is the highest in US Army history (since the Army began tracking suicide rates in 1980)...

Workers exposed to lead show more cognitive problems later in life

Posted on February 05, 2009
I found an interesting article online recently which discussed the correlation between lead exposure and brain injury. For elderly people, a higher level of lead in the brain from earlier exposure can lead to greater cognitive problems after the age of 55...

Follow-up to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Found in 6th Former NFL Player

Posted on February 03, 2009
Last Wednesday, I posted the story regarding the new sign of brain damage in Tom McHale, a former NFL lineman who died in May at the age of 45. Mr. McHale died from what is known as C.T.E. which stands for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Mr...

Fake Bad Scale Discredited Once AgainFake Bad Scale Discredited Once Again

Posted on January 30, 2009
I recently read a new book entitled “MMPI-II Assessing Personality and Psychopathology (4th Edition) by Dr. John R. Graham. Dr. Graham played a major role in the development of the MMPI-II and is currently a professor of psychology at Kent State University...

Brain Damage Found in 6th Former NFL Player

Posted on January 28, 2009
An article in yesterday's New York Times reports that doctors at the Boston University School of Medicine have found a 6th former National Football League player with a brain injury most commonly linked to former boxers. Doctors studied the brain of Tom McHale, who played in the NFL from 1987 - 1995, and who recently passed away last May at the age of 45...

Congressman Pascrell Introduces Bill To Improve Concussion Management in Schools

Posted on January 27, 2009
In response to the tragic death of Montclair High School’s Ryne Dougherty, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ), the co-founder and co-chairman of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to help schools better protect student athletes from brain injuries...

President Obama's Pledge to Restore Science

Posted on January 22, 2009
In President Obama’s inauguration address, he called for a new era of responsibility and pledged to restore science to its rightful place. I am encouraged by President Obama’s swift action in halting all pending regulations that the Bush administration tried to push through in the waning days of its administration...

U.S. Chamber's Institute for Legal Reform

Posted on January 20, 2009
Below is an article I thought the readers of my blog would find interesting regarding the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform. You can also access the full article online here. Made in America: Corporate Gall - Dec. 20, 2008 (CBS) Attorney Andrew Cohen analyzes legal issues for CBS News and CBSNews...

Flexible Versus Fixed Battery

Posted on January 15, 2009
Readers of my blog are familiar with the debate that has been going on for years regarding the validity of the fixed versus flexible neuropsychological batteries. In 2007, Erin D. Bigler, Ph.D. published his article in the Archives entitled “Motion to Exclude”...

The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation Forms Legal Committee

Posted on January 12, 2009
I am honored to have been selected to serve on the Sarah Jane Brain Foundation National Advisory Board's Legal, Regulatory and Finance Committee. The Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to assist in the research of new developments for children suffering from pediatric acquired brain injury (PABI) and the rehabilitation of these children...

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