Category Archives: Judgments/Settlements
Man awarded $49M for brain damage in crash with truck
Man awarded $49M for brain damage in crash with truck A passenger who sustained traumatic brain injuries in a multi-vehicle crash while on his way to a camping trip was awarded $49 million. In 2007, Drew Bianchi, then a 21-year-old
San Jose Jury Recognizes the Severity of Traumatic Brain Injury
September 21, 2009: San Francisco Traumatic Brain Injury, Trucking Accident: $49,123,375.87 Recognizing the staggering costs of healthcare associated with traumatic brain injury, a San Jose jury awarded Drew Dakota Bianchi $49,123,375.87 late Monday afternoon. The verdict followed a hotly contested
Call your Senators and urge them to vote for S. 252, The Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009
In the coming days the Senate will consider S. 252, the Veterans Health Care Authorization Act of 2009. Among the provisions of the bill, the legislation authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs(VA) to provide care to veterans with traumatic brain
BIAA Submits Questions and Comments to Congressional Committees
Also this week, both chambers of Congress held important hearings on efforts to improve health care for returning service members, as well as to improve the veterans’ disability benefits system. BIAA submitted questions and comments in relation to several of
BIAA Signs on To Budget and Appropriations Letters
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor-HHS-Ed) held a hearing on Thursday on this year’s proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services, featuring HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt as a witness. At
Woman pleads guilty to defrauding Paonia man, others
Name : Katharhynn Heidelberg Daily Press News Editor DENVER — In a surprising move Friday, the woman the IRS says participated in one of the biggest prime banknote fraud schemes in Colorado changed her plea to guilty. Jannice McClain Schmidt,
‘Trying to find happiness is harder’
May 07,2006 ROSELEE PAPANDREA DAILY NEWS STAFF Greg Acosta was the kid who made everybody laugh. During his senior year at Jacksonville High School in 2005, he was voted class clown and most unforgettable in the yearbook.
Autopsy results show man killed by Taser
Paul Roberts/Staff Writer Issue date: 4/26/06 Section: News The results of the autopsy of Juan Manuel Nunez III were released Tuesday stating his death was caused by “acute alcohol intoxication and concussive brain injury complicated by post traumatic apnea.”
Portsmouth woman indicted on murder charge in toddler’s death
Name : JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE, The Virginian-Pilot PORTSMOUTH – A woman has been accused of murdering a 2-year-old boy she was caring for in October, when he suffered injuries that doctors suspected show abuse.
$1,248,024.00 – Mild traumatic brain injury, minor rear end automobile accident
Recent Scarlett Law Group Victories: On July 7, 2005, in Rasmussen v. Shade, et al., SCV 14935, Placer County Superior Court, Lincoln Division, the jury reached it’s Verdict awarding Kim Rasmussen $1,248,024.00 as a result of injuries he sustained in
