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Published on: October 18, 2011

Fire Fighter Smashed by Beam Has Returned Home to Finish Recovery

by Stephen Bilkis

A fire fighter from Duns was airlifted to a hospital after being seriously hurt while dealing with a blaze in the Borders. He lost the use of his legs after suffering serious spinal injuries when a beam fell on him while fighting a fire at the Eye mouth golf club.

Last summer, fire crews were called to a fire in a green keeper’s shed at the golf course. The building was ablaze and the fire fighter was injured when part of the structure collapsed.

About 35 members of the Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue responded to the shed where a number of chemicals and pesticides were stored, including three specialist chemical incident vehicles and two fire service experts.

Published on: September 12, 2011

Supermarket Fall Returns a Woman $15,000, Says New York Spinal Injury Lawyer

by Stephen Bilkis

New York Spinal Injury Lawyers understand that accidents can happen anywhere at any time, which is why they are always ready to assist when someone needs compensation after suffering an injury.

Something as mundane as a trip to the supermarket resulted in an injurious fall for one 54-year-old woman. The supermarket attempted to prove that the injuries were not caused by the fall – the jury found the supermarket at fault. The plaintiff suffered two herniated discs, impingements on her spinal cord, and compression of the nerve leading to her shoulder an arm. It was proven these injuries caused her pain and that those injuries happened after the incident in the market. Slip and Fall Injuries are often treated in Manhattan and Brooklyn hospitals.

The jury awarded the woman $15,000 for future pain and suffering, but that was not enough. NYC Spinal Injury Lawyers were quick to show the victim required painkillers, exercise at two-hour intervals and a cervical collar on a daily basis. Her daily activities were severely curtailed by her injuries. In light of this, an award of $100,000 for future pain and suffering was sought, as well as $75,000 for past pain and suffering.

Published on: August 3, 2011

Spinal cord injury, or SCI, can be classified as complete or incomplete

by Stephen Bilkis

Spinal cord injury, or SCI, can be classified as complete or incomplete, according to New York Spinal Injury Lawyers. A complete spinal cord injury is one that causes permanent paralysis. Incomplete means the injury has the potential of neurologic improvement. Almost half of all spinal cord injuries are complete, which means total loss of motor and sensory function at and below the level of the injury. In general, complete spinal cord injuries in the thoracic region of the spine (mid to upper back), result in paralysis of the lower extremities, or paraplegia.

Incomplete SCI has varied neurologic aspects. There are three major syndromes that occur with thoracic spine fractures, New York Spinal Injury Lawyers have discovered. These are anterior cord syndrome, Brown-Sequard syndrome, and central cord syndrome.

Anterior cord syndrome causes a loss of motor function and pain and/or a feeling of heat from injury to the front (anterior) or the spinal cord. The limbs are still fully functional because sensory input remains. Doctors in The Bronx and Manhattan have to treat these injuries with great care and attention.

Published on: July 27, 2011

Walls and Rain Falling

by Stephen Bilkis

Near the end of April, a 38-year-old engineer died of a spinal injury when a part of the Freedom Park wall collapsed on his car. He had been sitting in the car talking on his phone. He left behind a wife and a 2-year-old daughter.

The mechanical engineer by training was a partner in a City firm he and his friend started seven years ago – SP Engineers and Contractors. The victim’s friend and business partner said it was “an unbearable loss” to loss his friend of more than two decades.

The victim had been looking for a parking spot and had been unable to find one. His friend blames the rain on the difficulty in finding a spot. He had been on his way to meet his business partner and two other friends at a hotel, as they did almost every day. When he didn’t show, his partner tried to call him, but didn’t get an answer. When they heard the wall had fallen, all three who were to meet him rushed to the scene and found him in his car crushed under the debris.

Published on: July 13, 2011

Settlement Reached between Gymnast and Gym

by Stephen Bilkis

December 2006 saw a settlement reached between a 17-year-old gymnast and the gym she practiced gymnastics at. She was injured at the facility and suffered paralysis in 2005.

Details of the case were sealed to the public. “This is a natural occurrence when one or more of the parties involved are a minor,” a New York Spinal Injury Attorney reported. Also attributed to the closed files, the parents and the girl’s attorney decided not to comment to the press at the time of the arraignment.

The Circuit Judge presiding over the case put his stamp of approval on the agreement.

Published on: June 20, 2011

School Administrator Worried about Football Injury Award

by Stephen Bilkis

In 1982 jury, in Seattle, Washington, awarded $6.3 million to a high school football player who sustained serious injuries while playing for the school’s team.

That judgment worried one school official. He worried that school boards across the country would be prompted to review the benefits of sports programs unfairly against the possible costs of lawsuits. Programs that could lead to injury, he argued, could possibly be unnecessarily cut.

At the time of the settlement, the claimant was 21 years old.

Published on: June 19, 2011

26-year-old Mother a Victim of Hit-and-Run

by Stephen Bilkis

A 26-year-old listed the toll her body has paid at the hands of a drunk driver: impaired memory, multiple pelvis fractures, knee fracture, knee replacement, deep head and facial gashes, broken and missing teeth, spinal injury, seven facial surgeries, three of which were oral, constant pain, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, and anxiety.

The young hospital nursing assistant was walking across Atwells Avenue on Federal Hill one and a half years ago after a celebratory night out with her father when she was run down.

“One careless mistake … changed my life forever,” the girl laments.

Published on: June 15, 2011

Settlement Reached between Gymnast and Gym

by Stephen Bilkis

December 2006 saw a settlement reached between a 17-year-old gymnast and the gym she practiced gymnastics at. She was injured at the facility and suffered paralysis in 2005.

Details of the case were sealed to the public. “This is a natural occurrence when one or more of the parties involved are a minor,” a New York Spinal Injury Attorneyreported. Also attributed to the closed files, the parents and the girl’s attorney decided not to comment to the press at the time of the arraignment.

The Circuit Judge presiding over the case put his stamp of approval on the agreement.

Published on: June 7, 2011

Police Officer Injured by Drunk Driver Recovering

by Stephen Bilkis

A police officer from Springfield, Ohio, had reason to be upbeat earlier this month when his doctors reported that he now has movement in both of his legs. Earlier it was feared he might never walk again.

The officer was hit by a pickup truck while on duty at the end of March. He had been in the middle of evidence collection for the Summit County Sheriff’s Office along Arlington Road. A New York Spinal Injury Lawyer said the 34-year-old driver was drunk and subsequently charged with his fourth DUI.

Speaking to reporters from Summa Akron City Hospital, the injured officer said his faith has helped him hold no grudge against the driver, who is still in custody. He called the incident “terrible,” but added that “we all make mistakes. What he did was a criminal offense. He’ll be dealt with through the justice system, through the courts, and I’m sure he wouldn’t do it again.” Many car accident are the cause of spinal injuries in Long Island and Manhattan.