Litigation

By Michael Kaplen

I will be heading to San Francisco later this week to deliver a presentation on traumatic brain injury at the American Association for Justice annual meeting.  My presentation focuses on meeting and defusing  the defenses in a traumatic brain injury case.  It is entitled, "The Poison Pills of Traumatic Brain Injury".  I will be discussing some of the myths and falsehoods perpetuated by defense witnesses in traumatic brain injury cases such as the need for loss of consciousness in order to establish a concussion--not true; that imaging studies are necessary to objectively prove a traumatic brain injury--untrue; that all individuals recover from a concussion without lasting consequences--untrue; that children are less at risk for developing serious problems following a traumatic brain injury--untrue; that there is no such thing as the post concussion syndrome--untrue.

It is important for lawyers to understand the myths of traumatic brain injury in order to properly represent their clients in brain injury litigation.

Full post as published by Brain Injury News and Information on July 21, 2009 (boomark / email).