California Car Accident Causing Pedestrian’s Brain Injury to Cost San Francisco $2.4 Million

The city of San Francisco has been ordered to pay $2.4 million in connection with an auto accident involving a police patrol vehicle that seriously injured a pedestrian 6 years ago, according to The Examiner.  Then 21-year-old Carlos Garcia was reportedly walking in a crosswalk around 7:45 p.m. when a police vehicle struck him.  According [...]

July 31, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Car & Truck Accidents & TBI, Incidents of Traumatic Brain Injury  No Comments

5-Year-Old Abusive Head Trauma Victim Writes Letter to President Obama

Sarah Jane Donohue was only 5 days old when she was shaken by her nurse and sustained a severe brain injury, 4 broken ribs, and the fracture of both collarbones.  Now 5 years of age, little Sarah Jane, the namesake of The Sarah Jane Brain Foundation,  has “written” a letter to President Obama proposing [...]

July 28, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Brain Injury News & Medical Research, Children & TBI  No Comments