An Ohio police officer underwent surgery for major spinal cord injury after a hit-and-run incident, in which he was run over by a truck. The 32-year-old officer was hit while he and a deputy with the Summit County Sherriff’s Office were searching the road for drugs that were thrown from…
Martin Stone, a truck driver for Ryder Truck Rental had collided with Selwyn A. Vernon’s vehicle. Mr. Stone was driving one of Ryder Truck Rentals trucks. The accident happened on a busy heavy traffic. According to reports, says a witness, Ms. Vernon’s car was in the right lane and the…
This is an accident with claims on spinal cord injuries sustained by the victim, according to findings that were forwarded to an official . The amount in question was a subject of a lengthy discussion in the court by the jury because it was not an easy decision. This is…
The Army ran with only a rough estimate of how much their foot soldiers carried in combat, doctors and hospitals concerned with this problem have learned. It wasn’t until 2003 that a colonel and military-equipment expert formed a seven-man team to study the effects of the weight soldiers carried while…
A New York television station was awarded three Bronze Telly awards recently, one of which featured a man from Byron, New York, who suffered a paralyzing injury. The station runs a national health care series known as “Second Opinion”, which was awarded a Bronze Telly in their health and fitness…
For those who have seen many new surgical methods and techniques develop over the years, at least one of these procedures has made great strides as well as improved many lives. One such surgical method is called minimally invasive spine surgery, a doctor claims. This is practiced when accidents like…
A high school senior, name withheld for privacy, is preparing to return to the soccer field this summer, and then play college soccer this fall, sources have told a rep. Like most high school seniors, making the transition from senior to college freshman can be a big deal. This can…
A 28-year-old woman suffered a terrible spinal cord injury in a car accident in 2008, breaking one of her vertebra and destroying the nerves to her spinal cord. Despite the fact that she has no sensation from her hips down, she still intends to walk down the aisle, when she…
Adam Potter is becoming a household name after the 36-year-old Glasgow man fell a startling 1,000 feet and lived to tell about it. Potter and his companions had reached the summit of Sgurr Coinnich Mor (3,589 feet) when Potter somehow lost his footing and began to fall down a rocky,…
A businessman was fined recently after one of his employees was injured on the job, sustaining a spinal injury after slipping and falling off of a ladder. The employee was climbing a ladder; in an effort to reach a mechanism at the commercial vehicle garage that he worked at, when…