Bicycle Accident Injury

Published on: November 11, 2011

Marquis Daniels Released From Hospital

by Stephen Bilkis

Boston Celtics player Marquis Daniels was released from the hospital on February 7th, 2011 after sustaining a spinal cord injury during Sunday’s game.

Daniels was playing with his team, the Boston Celtics, against the Orlando Magics when he sustained his injury. The injury occurred when Daniels tripped over Gilberu Arenas, reports a New York Spinal Injury Lawyer. Daniels hit his forehead against the ground, which resulted in his spinal injury. He lay motionless on the court floor for several minutes before being removed from the court on the stretcher. According to a knowledgeable person who has studied cases in Nassau and Suffolk County, to give the fans a sign of hope, he did manage to flash a thumbs up sign as he was being carted off the floor of the T.D. Banknorth Garden Stadium.

A spokesperson for the Boston Celtics team informed the press that Daniels was released from a local hospital early this morning. He was said to be in good spirits and joking with the nursing staff.

Published on: November 4, 2011

Farm Accident Causes A Construction Worker’s Life To Be Forever Changed

by Stephen Bilkis

A 26-year-old was working on top of a farm-building when the roof of building collapsed out from under him, causing him to fall six meters to the floor. The roof sheeting, which he had been standing on, is what collapsed.

The 26-year-old was sub-contracting for a larger company at the time of the accident, stated a New York Spinal Injury Lawyer. After the accident, the 26-year-old is now a complete paraplegic and is forced to use a wheelchair.

A researcher in Queens discussed how the Health And Safety Executive (HSE) had found that there were no measures in place to assure that this kind of accident would not take place. They also stated that there was no real indication in the job to require the 26-year-old to be on the roof in the first place.

Published on: October 31, 2011

Businessman Fined After Employee Gets Injured

by Stephen Bilkis

A businessman was fined recently after one of his employees was injured on the job, sustaining a spinal injury after slipping and falling off of a ladder.

The employee was climbing a ladder; in an effort to reach a mechanism at the commercial vehicle garage that he worked at, when the ladder he was standing on slipped out from under him. A New York Spinal Injury Lawyer reported that the businessman who owned the commercial business was fined four thousand pounds, and was ordered to pay an additional two thousand pounds after an investigation took place into the injury.

The investigator discussed how, once the investigation began, that the employer faced more fines because of the state of his workspace. The ladder that the injured employee had been standing on was cut off at the top. It also had missing feet at both ends, as well as the bottom rung sustaining damage.

Published on: October 27, 2011

12 Year Old Boy Flown To Hospital With Suspected Spinal Injury

by Stephen Bilkis

A 12-year-old New Zealand boy was recently airlifted to the Whangarei Hospital, after suffering an accident, which could lead to a possible spinal injury. His mother took the 12-year-old to the Kerkeri Medical Centre when he began complaining of a sore neck, reported a New York Spinal Injury Lawyer. While he was at the Kerkeri Medical Centre, he began having other symptoms, including slurred speech and the loss of sensation in one side of his body. These symptoms began occurring after the boy hit his head on the bottom of a shallow pool while swimming sometime prior. This could easily be considered a slip and fall injury.

The doctors attending the 12-year-old immediately immobilized his neck with a neck brace, after identifying the possibility of a serious injury, and took him to the Kerkeri Domain to await transportation to a larger hospital.

At around 4:15 PM, a Northland Electricity helicopter picked him up and flew him to the Whangeri Hospital. He was transferred via helicopter because doctors feared had a possible spinal or head injury. If they had tried to transport him via an ambulance, the trip could have worsened his injuries, stated a NY Spinal Injury Lawyer. The helicopter was in the Bay of Islands at the time of the emergency call, and workers and firefighters at the Kerkeri Medical Centre didn’t have enough time to mark out a landing area for the helicopter before it arrived.

Published on: October 23, 2011

In an accident at Disney World in 183, a college student was paralyzed from the neck down

by Stephen Bilkis

In an accident at Disney World in 1983, a college student was paralyzed from the neck down. The young man (at the time) was set up to receive up to $42 million over the next 51 years in accordance with an out-of-court settlement reached with the family entertainment institution.

The 21-year-old senior music major from Mississippi Valley State College was reported as saying, “It came out more than I expected.”

The trombone player and other students from around the country were rehearsing for the opening ceremonies performance when a platform fell on him. The impact broke his neck and spinal cord, leaving him a quadriplegic.

Published on: October 18, 2011

Fire Fighter Smashed by Beam Has Returned Home to Finish Recovery

by Stephen Bilkis

A fire fighter from Duns was airlifted to a hospital after being seriously hurt while dealing with a blaze in the Borders. He lost the use of his legs after suffering serious spinal injuries when a beam fell on him while fighting a fire at the Eye mouth golf club.

Last summer, fire crews were called to a fire in a green keeper’s shed at the golf course. The building was ablaze and the fire fighter was injured when part of the structure collapsed.

About 35 members of the Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue responded to the shed where a number of chemicals and pesticides were stored, including three specialist chemical incident vehicles and two fire service experts.

Published on: October 14, 2011

Drunk driver kills one and paralyzes another

by Stephen Bilkis

There is no doubt in the world that drinking and driving is not a good combination. In this accident case, a man driving while under the influence of alcohol, was involved in a deadly crash that killed his passenger and severely injured a woman on her way home from work. The injured woman was paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the accident, indicated the NY Spinal Injury Lawyer.

The driver was charged with not only driving under the influence, but aggravated assault by a vehicle and homicide by vehicle. He had been drinking at a tavern just before the crash. Despite being drunk, he thought he could drive. The man ran a red light doing 95 mph and accelerating, when he slammed into another pickup. His passenger wasn’t killed instantly, but instead, died a month later from his injuries.

The other driver involved in this horrific wreck was a 911 dispatcher on her way home from work. Her dispatch center got the call about her accident and subsequent injuries, which included severe spinal cord injury, broken legs, broken ankles and a broken back. Blood alcohol tests run on the driver showed he was 0.15%, reported the New York Spinal Injury Lawyer. The legal limit in his state was 0.08, the same as Staten Island and Westchester County.

Published on: October 8, 2011

Football scrimmage line leaves player with spinal cord injury, said a New York Spinal Injury Lawyer

by Stephen Bilkis

Football can be a whole lot of fun for those playing and those watching. However, it’s a highly physical game and there are bound to be injuries – serious injuries, such as spinal cord injuries. That is what happened in this case when a high school senior was involved in a scrimmage in 2008. He was told there was a bunch of things he would never be able to do again and would be in a wheelchair for the rest of his life, explained the New York Spinal Injury Lawyer. This is not tetraplegia but it is close to that terrible affliction.

The boy had no intentions of living up to that prognosis and has been chasing a variety of different therapies, including human embryonic stem cell injections around his C-5 spinal cord injury and bio feedback to help his brain reconnect with damaged neuropathways. He hopes to also increase his overall motor functions.

The young man’s injury is just behind the windpipe and the stem cell injections are intended to stimulate damaged tissue in that area, said the New York Spinal Injury Lawyer. Unfortunately, this kind of therapy is not available in the US and so the young man goes out of country to get it. Despite many people’s skepticism, he has seen some great improvement in his condition and actually has feeling in parts of his body that doctors said would never happen.

Published on: October 4, 2011

Company Fined after serious injury from scissor lift fall

by Stephen Bilkis

An electrical company based in Hertfordshire has been fined £120,000 after a man was knocked from a scissor lift and left paralyzed.

The attending HSE’s (Health and Safety Executive) Inspector said “The fine reflects the seriousness of the omissions by this company. Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil Ltd employed people to do highly hazardous work and yet failed to take the appropriate steps to ensure their safety.” The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) prosecuted Skanska Rashleigh Weatherfoil Ltd after the incident which happened on the 25 January 2007 at the Manor Royal Industrial Park in Crawley. Companies in the Bronx and Brooklyn are watching this case.

Lewes Crown Court was told that the company had been subcontracted to design and build the mechanical and electrical systems in a number of new buildings. A cable installer from Hartlepool was working in a scissor lift with two colleagues tying cables into overhead trays when they collapsed, knocking the man out of the lift and causing him to fall 8m to the floor below. According to a New York Spinal Injury Lawyer, the contractor suffered severe spinal injuries and is now paralyzed from the waist down.

Published on: October 1, 2011

Teen wrestler doesn’t want spinal cord surgery, reports a New York Spinal Injury Lawyer

by Stephen Bilkis

This is an interesting case, in that the young man, a teenage wrestler, bruised his spine while playing his sport. A court now wants to mandate that the boy have spinal surgery for cervical spine injury, reported the New York Spinal Injury Lawyer. His parents, and the boy, are saying they don’t want or need the surgery and they have a video tape to prove he is capable of moving quite well.

The reason the court feels it should mandate the surgery is that the boy’s parents refused the spinal operation for their son. That prompted officials in their county to take custody of the boy. Why? They stepped in and started acting like the boy’s natural parents, because the family is firm in their belief of the benefits of natural healing and herbal remedies. They feel that spinal surgery could cause their son more harm.

The mother took a video of her son in his hospital bed, which shows quite clearly that he has the ability to move all of his limbs separately, and has a decent range of motion. He appears to have full movement and the family doesn’t think he needs unnecessary surgery, which may cause paralysis. The boy himself also states he doesn’t want the operation.