Solomon v. Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Player Retirement Plan (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-150-17, 13 pp.) (Duncan, J.) No. 16-1730, June 23, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Garbis, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In denying disability benefits to professional football player Jesse ...

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A Wake County jury recently awarded a child $9.5 million after she suffered permanent brain damage during her mother’s labor and a cesarean section delivery that, according to a plaintiff’s attorney, should have been ordered by the attending physician much ...

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The city of Durham and its insurer have paid $2 million to a man who was hit by a city-owned truck and left with severe brain injuries. Reyes A. Gonzalez was using a crosswalk and had a pedestrian signal when he was struck by a Water Management Department truck in December 2011 on West Cornwallis Road, said one of his attorneys, Michael A. Kornbluth of the Taibi Kornbluth Law Group in Durham.

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Few types of personal injury claims are as controversial as those involving mild traumatic brain injuries. It’s easy to see why: The term itself is an oxymoron, and mild TBI is largely invisible, difficult to diagnose and often accompanied by high-dollar damage demands.

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Plaintiff was a 44 year old single female without children and never married at the time of her injuries. On Aug. 16, 2007, plaintiff was visiting North Myrtle Beach, S.C., on vacation when she was rear-ended by defendants. Plaintiff was ...

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The case involved a Hispanic female in her early 40s who was a legal resident from the Dominican Republic. Plaintiff had been in the United States for only a few months, living in New Jersey but in North Carolina at ...

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Type of action: Motor vehicle incident Injuries alleged: Torn aorta; traumatic brain injury Case name: Confidential Case number: Confidential Court: Confidential Verdict or settlement: Settlement   Date: April 2010 Amount: $2.525 million              Insurer: Confidential      Plaintiff’s attorney: C. Jeff ...

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The plaintiff, a 37-year-old college graduate, alleged a mild traumatic brain injury resulting in severe cognitive and emotional impairment. The plaintiff presented evidence from his treating physicians and a vocational expert that his deficits rendered him permanently and totally disabled ...

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Plaintiff, a single 21-year-old white male, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident on Sept. 17, 2007, in Concord. A dump truck driven by defendant for his employer suddenly turned into the path of plaintiff’s motorcycle. Plaintiff slammed into the ...

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In May 2006, the plaintiff was traveling as a passenger with her boyfriend to a school function when he made a left-hand turn into oncoming traffic, causing the vehicle to suffer a T-bone collision on the plaintiff’s side of the ...

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