With or without fights, the checking in professional ice hockey means that violence and injury-producing impacts are inherent in the sport. The N.H.L.’s handling of hits to the skull have come under scrutiny after scientists found that Bob Probert, former brawling hockey player who died last year of a heart ailment, had the same degenerative…
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Remember “Sticks and Stones” ? Sometimes injuries to children caused by other children can be resolved through settlement according to child head injury lawyer Doug Landau of Herndon’s ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. Recently the Landau Law Shop received word that a 7 year old boy who was injured after a friend threw a rock and hit…
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No matter how fit you may think you are, some things are beyond an athlete’s control. You may be predisposed to head injury and concussion from a bike crash or other sports injury, even if you are wearing a helmet, if you have certain genetic predispositions. One of the genetic factors that may predispose an…
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