The much-awaited New Hampshire Supreme Court decision in Baxter v. Temple was handed down yesterday as a unanimous New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that the trial court committed error in striking the testimony of a neuropsychologist who utilized the Boston Process Approach (BPA) in evaluating a plaintiff.
Continue Reading Baxter v. Temple Overruled
Brain Injury Legal Cases
Presentation on Mild and Acquired Traumatic Brain Injury
By Bruce H. Stern on
Posted in Brain Injury Legal Cases, Brain Injury News
Yesterday morning I attended a fascinating presentation by Anne Forrest, Ph.D. which was sponsored by ReMed in West Conshohocken, PA. Dr. Forrest received her Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and her Ph.D. in Economics from Duke University. In June 1997, she was involved in a minor rear-end collision in which she nevertheless sustained a “mild” traumatic brain injury.
Continue Reading Presentation on Mild and Acquired Traumatic Brain Injury
Appellate Court Rejects Attack on Neuropsychological Testing
By Bruce H. Stern on
Posted in Brain Injury Legal Cases, Brain Injury News
Last week, the New Jersey Appellate Division issued a decision rejecting a defense attack on the objectivity of neuropsychological testing. The Court held, that the defendant’s argument was totally without merit.
Continue Reading Appellate Court Rejects Attack on Neuropsychological Testing
Neuropsychological Testing
By Bruce H. Stern on
Posted in Brain Injury Legal Cases
In New Jersey, in order for an injured person, who selected the limitation of lawsuit threshold on their automobile insurance policy, to recover damages for non-economic damages, that person must show that he/shesustained a permanent injury based upon objective medical testing. That diagnosis must then be certified as permanent by a treating doctor.
Continue Reading Neuropsychological Testing
Pediatric Bicycle-related Injuries Result In Nearly $200 Million In Hospital Charges Annually
By Bruce H. Stern on
Posted in Brain Injury Legal Cases, Brain Injury News
Researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital recently reported on a new study, which indicates that bicycle-related injuries in children and young adults in America may be more of a concern than originally thought.
Continue Reading Pediatric Bicycle-related Injuries Result In Nearly $200 Million In Hospital Charges Annually
$1.6 Million For Brain Injuries
By Bruce H. Stern on
Posted in Brain Injury Legal Cases
I recently argued a case in which a 14-year old boy will receive $1.6 million for his injuries suffered to his head and pelvis when he was struck by a school van at the age of 20 months.
Continue Reading $1.6 Million For Brain Injuries
Traumatic Brain Injury Case Settlement
By Bruce H. Stern on
Posted in Brain Injury Legal Cases
On August 28, 2007, I was pleased to settle a case for a now 15-year old child that was injured at the age of 20 months when he was struck by a vehicle and knocked to the ground, thus ensuring that the child will have funding to assist him for the foreseeable future.
Continue Reading Traumatic Brain Injury Case Settlement
Safer Roller Coasters
By Stark & Stark on
Posted in Brain Injury Legal Cases
As a result of a patron’s brain injury and eventual death, the California Supreme Court recently held that operators of roller coasters and other amusement park rides must be held to the same safety standards that apply to buses, planes and other modes of transportation.
Continue Reading Safer Roller Coasters
$975,000 For Brain Injuries In Crash
This week’s New Jersey Law Journal’s Suits & Deals section mentions a case which I recently settled for $975,000.00 on behalf of my client who suffered a brain injury in an auto accident.
Continue Reading $975,000 For Brain Injuries In Crash
NJ Supreme Court Unanimous – Character Attack Regarding Truthfulness Entitles Rebutal
By Stark & Stark on
Posted in Brain Injury Legal Cases
Defendants’ presentation of expert medical opinion testimony that plaintiff was faking his symptoms of a serious brain injury constituted an attack on his character for truthfulness entitling him to rebut with evidence that he is a truthful person.
Continue Reading NJ Supreme Court Unanimous – Character Attack Regarding Truthfulness Entitles Rebutal