http://www.chicagobraininjurylawyerblog.com/ Published by Levin & Perconti en-us 2012-02-08T06:00:50-06:00 http://www.chicagobraininjurylawyerblog.com/2012/02/football_legend_tony_dorsett_g.html The risk of traumatic brain injury exists in many physical sports, but the danger is perhaps most evident in football. The game of football is built around contact. While other activities involve incidental contact, football incorporates hard hits, knocks, and... Brain injuries in sports Levin & Perconti 2012-02-08T06:00:50-06:00 http://www.chicagobraininjurylawyerblog.com/2012/02/infant_suffers_traumatic_brain.html Most headlines in recent weeks about traumatic brain injuries involve sports related head trauma and injuries suffered by our service members in Iraq and Afghanistan. Both of these issues are of particular importance, because awareness of the problem and the... Car Accident/Truck Accident Levin & Perconti 2012-02-07T09:07:12-06:00 http://www.chicagobraininjurylawyerblog.com/2012/02/prisoners_have_traumatic_brain.html The Scientific American published a fascinating article last week that discussed a new angle to the role that traumatic brain injuries have on American life. Our Chicago brain injury lawyers have explained how the effects of these injuries are often... Current Issues Levin & Perconti 2012-02-06T07:05:09-06:00 http://www.chicagobraininjurylawyerblog.com/2012/02/high_hospital_use_by_children.html Health Canal reported on an interesting new research study that caught the eye on a Chicago brain injury lawyer at our firm. The research effort looked at the rates of hospital use by children with various conditions. What they found,... Brain Injury Resources Levin & Perconti 2012-02-05T06:00:09-06:00 http://www.chicagobraininjurylawyerblog.com/2012/02/grant_given_out_for_battlefiel.html This week Medical News published a story on a new grant given to university researchers to study improved treatments for traumatic brain injury victims who suffer their injury while on the battlefield. As our Chicago brain injury lawyers discussed in... Iraq War Levin & Perconti 2012-02-04T06:00:12-06:00 http://www.chicagobraininjurylawyerblog.com/2012/02/new_concussion_laws_put_teams.html Advocates hoping to enact legal changes to prevent sports head injuries usually focus on increased accountability requirements and mandatory steps when those involved in leading the team are given information about a possible traumatic brain injury. For example, a new... Brain injuries in sports Levin & Perconti 2012-02-03T06:00:23-06:00 http://www.chicagobraininjurylawyerblog.com/2012/02/brain_injury_risk_from_winter.html While it has so far been a particularly mild winter here in Chicago, if history is any guide we can still expect to have our fair share of cold, snowy days in the coming weeks and months. To beat the... Brain injuries in sports Levin & Perconti 2012-02-02T06:00:30-06:00 http://www.chicagobraininjurylawyerblog.com/2012/02/traumatic_brain_injury_prevent.html Our Chicago traumatic brain injury lawyers have spent a lot of time recently discussing concerns about the prevalence of head injuries in sports. Many tragic, high-profile stories exist about football players, hockey players, and soccer players who have suffered serious... Concussions Levin & Perconti 2012-02-01T06:00:27-06:00 http://www.chicagobraininjurylawyerblog.com/2012/01/musician_shares_inspiring_brai.html Late last week Seacoast Online published a heartwarming story that shares the struggle that many brain injury victims go through on their road to recovery. The story highlights the case of one man, a musician, who claims that his love... Brain Injury Recovery Levin & Perconti 2012-01-31T09:29:31-06:00 http://www.chicagobraininjurylawyerblog.com/2012/01/father_files_medical_malpracti.html The Register-Guard reported last week on a new brain injury lawsuit that was filed by a father against a hospital on behalf of his injured adult daughter. The medical malpractice suit makes claims that the doctors involved in the care... Brain Injury Detection Levin & Perconti 2012-01-30T07:52:04-06:00