You’re walking down the street – suddenly a dog comes tearing at you, barking madly.  An owner follows 20 feet behind, hollering for the dog to stop.  The next thing you know, you’re a chew toy for the dog. According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly one million of us each year will be […]

The excuse is always “I wasn’t stealing.”  I was (choose one), “protecting”, “shielding”, “helping”, “organizing”, “investing” and so on. When children take their older parent’s money, any excuse in the book comes out.  The excuses are usually framed in the context of “my parent was too old/sick/demented to handle their affairs so I took over” […]

In past posts, we’ve discussed what Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (MTBI’s) are and how they manifest themselves in the immediate aftermath of an accident.  But what do these injuries look like over the longer term? In the weeks and months following a MTBI, the person frequently feels like they are in a “fog.”  They don’t […]

It is a constant refrain from people who call me, “Why won’t anyone take my case?”  Sometimes the answer is something obvious – the statute of limitation (legal time to file a suit) has passed or they have no legal right to make a claim.  Frequently, though, the answer is more complicated.  For some callers, […]

In our last post, we discussed how “mild” traumatic brain injuries are not “mild” in the ordinary sense of the word.  Rather, using the word ‘mild’ means no anatomic damage but says nothing about the actual damage to the brain of these injuries.  So how do MBTI’s affect us immediately after a crash or injury? At […]