All posts tagged 'drowning and brain injury'

Jury Weighing Case Of Man Brain-Damaged In Hotel Pool

Posted on December 19th, 2012 · Posted in Brain Injury

A New Jersey jury is deliberating on a suit filed when a man sustained traumatic brain injury (TBI) trying to save his daughter from drowning in a hotel swimming pool, according to The Record of North Jersey. http://www.northjersey.com/news/crime_courts/Ramada_closing.html The civil lawsuit was filed by the family of Robert Smith, 40,..
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How A Drowning Really Looks, Not The False Images Of TV And Film

Posted on July 22nd, 2010 · Posted in Brain Injury

As a brain injury attorney, I know that when a person or child survives after almost drowning it isn’t always a happy ending. Deprived of oxygen for too long a time, would-be drowning victims can suffer severe brain damage.  The way to stop that tragic scenario is to rescue a swimmer as quickly as..
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